I usually have quite a field of wild flowers in the back, but this year, the flowers are a bit scant. There are more Indian Paintbrush flowers than bluebonnets this year. The rain came at a good time for the paintbrush, but wasn’t plentiful enough for the bluebonnets. Still, they are a pretty landscape and I enjoy them!

In Texas, these bright orange flowers are known as Texas Paintbrush. Of course!

This week’s Reads

This week’s reads are actually “Listens.” I drove to Houston this weekend and took along some podcasts. Two were quite good and made the trip go faster–both happen to be from Clonepod (I had some other podcasts from another station, but they weren’t remarkable enough to mention). These two spun along, working their magic:

I Have A Daughter by Catherine Edmunds is a bit of a love story–and a deep wish that we could always protect our children.

The Poisoned Chalice by Brian Stableford is an interesting little elf tale. It’s an adventure, but it’s also got a lot of “consequences” in it. I enjoyed this one a lot.