The Hill Country Sky

From what i am told it is that time of year when the fields are set ablaze in mexico to render the ground fertile for new crops. For the past few months the sky has been thick with haze and the horizon has been somewhat blurred by the particulates suspended in the air. this has …

A Pop-Up Storm Makes a Brief Appearance.

It was 100 degrees. There was a little blip on the radar, a pop up storm that created itself over the town second closest to us. It was headed our way. It looked very impressive while it was building but it soon rained itself out and began to fall apart as it traveled. The cloud …

Sunset

Well, we were supposed to get some red hued northern lights all the way down here due to an extra strong solar storm. However, it was overcast both nights and there didnt end up being anything to really see. Instead myself and my neighbors have been looking at my second cousin’s photos from washington which …

Light Rain

This year we’ve managed to have 1 or 2 days each week in which we get a fraction of an inch of rain. The plants are loving it. The landscape is lush and green. The consistent light rainfall is enough to sustain the vegetation indefinitely. However, the creeks are still bone dry and the Guadalupe …

A Blood Moon

Sundown began with a bright beautiful full moon. It lit up the darkness and i was able to water the plants easily as everything was bathed in moonlight. It was yellow when i left the house around 5:30 am. When i arrived in fredericksburg the moon was just above the horizon, huge, and it had …