Hiking Ridge and Woodland trails I can hear the lightest breeze winding through the leaves of trees The snap of twigs that quietly fall and land upon the brushy ground I can hear the distant calls of birds the hum of insects close the buzz and click of wing-ed things nearby I can hear nature [...]
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Morning at McKinney Roughs
Posted in Outdoors on September 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Walking with Dogs
Posted in Austin, Outdoors on May 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Most of the folks around here celebrate Cinco de Mayo on May 5th; I celebrate my dear friend Petri Blue on this day. We were together 11 1/2 years, and six years ago today, she gave up the ghost. I covered a lot of terrain with that dog, as she was definitely the outdoorsy [...]
tree huggin’
Posted in Austin, Outdoors on February 17, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I love Austin’s green spaces and places. When I first moved here, I hiked several times a week with my best pal Petri Blue. I remember thinking how fantastic this was, to have wild places within the city limits, that the people here didn’t let the urbanscape obliterate the natural beauty. I remember wondering why these [...]
