Tiki Sunning
Sweet Tiki loves to sun himself on the deck on cool mornings.
Saturday, April 30, 2005
Titmouse feeding chicks
A tufted titmouse family has moved into the birdhouse Elizabeth made for T. We moved it farther away from the deck so the cats could not get to it, and the male (left picture) seemed confused and sat on the wire listening to the little cheeps for several minutes. Finally, he found the door (right picture) and deposited the worm in the hungry babies. The female followed close behind with more food.
Brunch
We had brunch at Trudy's with Kelly's parents, Mildred and John and K's sister Julie and husband Damon after inspecting E&K's new home.
E&K's new house
Ethan and Kelly have purchased their first house. It is in a quiet tree lined neighborhood in north central Austin close to E's work and K's school. They will move in May 12th.
Sunday, April 24, 2005
Smoky sunset
A 'cloud rainbow' in the sky as the sun sank behind the hill. We are having these dramatic colors thanks to the seasonal burning in Chiapas, Mexico.
Deer at sunset
The sun came out from under a bank of clouds just before it set, bathing the meadow in golden light.
Firecracker rose
This bush climbs on the pergola by the pool along with Confederate jasamin and Lady Banksia Roses.
Rocks and Roses
The rose bushes below the rock wall and the salvia greggi above are amazing this spring.
Friday, April 22, 2005
The west side waterfall: Boulders and bridge in place
This is the stream above the waterfall. Tiki is checking out each stone. Melanie from Hill Country Water Gardens will install the pump and filter May 6th, and 'Berto' and his crew will complete the rock work and plant the sego palms, dwarf yaupon, santolina, river fern and mountain laurel May 21st. So, come on down and enjoy the new waterfall!
Watch your fingers!
Using the rock bar to lift the edge so T can level the boulder with some rock shims
The supervisor
T directs traffic. He competes with neighbor Elton for the shabbiest straw hat award.
Bringing a rock from the meadow
Dwaine moved two brush piles to clear his way up the slope to the construction site.
Ready to select
The boulders were lined up in the meadow so we could pick the right one and place each one in order.
Pulling a big rock from the cliff
Dwaine built the rock wall holding up the lower side of our swimmimg pool deck in 1998. Recently he had huge jaws added to the bobcat scoop for picking up trees and large rocks.
Some of the larger ones are stuck in place
Dwaine had to use a rock bar to pry up some of the boulders (atop the cliff out front) to push them into the maw of his bobcat.
Thursday, April 21, 2005
A Moving Experience
April 15 - 17 the family moved Lorn and Etha to their new home at Edgemere, a nice retirement community on Northwest Highway in Dallas. We loaded the major items on Friday, had a splendid dinner in a small private dining room that evening, packed boxes, bought book shelves, an office chair, and a desk and moved more things Saturday, and did clean-up on Sunday. Whew! Quite a weekend.
Etha at brunch
Sunday morning we ate in the Medici Room and watched the ducks and ducklings in the fountains.
A&M Lifting
Yes, they really carried this chair all the way from the truck, through Gate 10, up the elevator and into the new place.
Moving THE desk
The Rummel men make quick work of moving Lorn's desk. Tommy, in town for a professional meeting, happened by just in the nick of time to help his nephews.
Sunday, April 10, 2005
New Westside Stream Bridge
We had sparkling cider on the deck and viewed the newly completed bridge over the stream. The rocks are in place for the upper rapids (to the right of the span), and the spill rock (left) hangs over the lower pond. The stream and waterfall are shaping up, with boulders to be placed April 22nd and mortar to go between the field stones. Then the landscaping begins.
Sunday, April 03, 2005
Weekend with A&O: Ripples across the lake
The weather was beautiful for our weekend at the lake house with RA & O. We ate delicious left-overs and had some good talks about our kids.
Saturday, April 02, 2005
Night view
From out on the deck the lake house looks so warm and hospitable - and it is. RA is working in the kitchen.
Arbor
T is training the roses to cover the arbor over the east gate. A squirrel has built a nest in the tall oak.
James helps Kate
The deck at the lakehouse isn't childproof, so big brother guides our 'Little Lulu.'
Friday, April 01, 2005
Unloading rock
Victor unloads one of three pallets of limestone for the water feature on the west side. These field stones will line the sides of the stream and pond, with the larger stones to be used for waterfall spill rocks.
House at night
We had wine and cheese by the chiminea. The house looked like a palace with the live oaks bare this cold March evening. The greenhouse is the lower lighted room on the right side.
Angel in grass by Bull Creek
Angel followed us down to the creek, a long scamper across the meadow and through the yaupon and junipers. Although it looks like he is laughing he is actually panting and relaxing.
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