I think we're done with it, but it's been an odd winter here in Austin . . .

a little snow and ice from February 4 shut the city down:

cold . . .

a picture is worth a thousand words:

framed . . .

Over the years, I've picked up various pieces of art from my very talented brothers and sisters . . . most of which were created in the 50's and 60's. This is a period of time that I reflect on now with GREAT appreciation for the art, architecture, and music. I love having these original MCM "Carnochans" in our collection and display them in our house with sincere pride. Most of these pieces were unframed, so I've recently "Home Depot Hacked" some floater frames to help dress them up a little (I got better at this as I went along). Here are some works of my brother David:

a beautiful day in agave . . .

Spring is in the air!


Spring is fast approaching and agave is indeed alive and well. Be sure to check out the Austin Modern Homes tour this weekend - two agave homes are on the tour: http://www.modernhometouraustin.com/homes.html

New houses being built and numerous large scale home improvement/landscaping projects have been undertaken by a bunch of current residents. Here are a few highlights from a walk around the hood today:

A couple awesome landscaping projects:
Ryan's House:


Nam's House


And here are a couple recently completed houses on Ava Lane east (another is in mid build on Agatha Circle):

Happy Holidays . . . a little late!

Gotta take all the new led lights off the house now, but it's too cold!

Bamboo . . .

Just like our friends Kim and Becca at Rain Lily Design (linked under "cool stuff" on the sidebar) said, the third year is the charm for bamboo - it started growing sideways and this year, all of the sudden, it goes vertical - YEAH!


Just for kicks, here's a shot from 2008

Plantings around the pool are really coming iin nicely as well.

Oh yeah, and finally got the remaining solar screen (the ones 10 feet off the ground) and ceiling fan installed on the porch too.

Wildflowers . . .

The wildflowers have been beautiful this season, albeit later than last year. Unfortunately the weeds have been pretty healthy too!! Here are a few pics from the richest area of our back yard.





A lovely, hand picked Mother's Day Bouquet from the yard . . .