Bear Rambles On...

A close up of my spider friend #mywindowspider https://www.instagram.com/p/B4u5-PYFBOQ/?igshid=1i2opldxza5t6

The view from my desk of the spider who makes its web parallel to my window removing a leaf that decided to fall into the web. #autumnleaves #mywindowspider #ineedtowashthewindows #butidontwanttohurtmyfriend https://www.instagram.com/p/B4uyUOmF9wF/?igshid=5cyoaaemxltp

Can you see my little friend? Check out the cropped second pic. Spiny lizard? #texaslizards #texasspinylizard #texasherps #texasgardening https://www.instagram.com/p/B0XGhGrFhWS/?igshid=1opbk4g6tkw2c

I had planned on getting into the garden early...there’s been a change of plans. #mephitismephitis #stripedskunk #gardenfriends #gardenfriend (at Taos, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByfU-BVlbKv/?igshid=1q4via8tg9jjk

3 days ago I was home packing the car for our trip. It was so hot and humid that I got a heat rash. Today...this. (at Taos, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByVWfyhF4Nl/?igshid=hntgxq4j4zjx

I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! #bactriansinnewmexico #newmexicancamels #camelusbactrianus (at Cimarron, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByQy0lelQnO/?igshid=1ifvf7r3att00

Late bloomer #lupinustexensis #bluebonnets #tryingtofindmyjoy (at Cedar Creek, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxgZvaWl1HX/?igshid=99hip0qqsc81

I planted tomatillo seeds at some point this spring. They didn’t come up until we had all the rain September. My wife is making our “green sauce” today while I am at work. #tomatillos #texasgardening #texasgarden #hugelkultur (at Cedar Creek, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqILb56l82l/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vtfzzvfp4cyp

My chiltepin came back after all the rain we’ve had over the last 2 months. This plant was originally a volunteer in shade bed on the other side of the house. It then spent some time (months if not a year) in a pot next to that shade bed. I finally moved it to the first hugel last fall. I thought I had totally lost it during the summer as it had lost all its leaves. #hugelkultur #hügelkultur #texasgarden #texasgardening #centraltexasgardener #texaspermaculture #chilpetin #capsicumannuumvarglabriusculum #chilepequin #foraging #texasforaging (at Cedar Creek, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpcddpnl2ZR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=iwfxdvvoqlx0

Why, yes, that is the first bluebonnet of the season. #wildflowers #texaswildflowers #texas #texasgardens #centraltexaswildflowers #bluebonnets #lupinustexensis #texasbluebonnets (at Cedar Creek, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpKE2FAlJtx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=min8y40mhq60

Ummm... six weeks and one day. I wish that I had had the wherewithal to start traveling home on Saturday. But, no, we’re scheduled to leave at noon. I think the roads will be clear, but tomorrow we will be doing the last 4 hours through rain. Not looking forward to that. (at Taos, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo9KwPUFzoa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19w4g8a63zdw2

Six weeks later #theairuphereisamazing #taosgarden #northernnewmexicogardens #imissmydad #wishyouwerehere (at Taos, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo6soful2bW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rt3jfzeyges0

I am at the foot of Everest and already I am exhausted. #cpaexam #cpaexamlife (at Cedar Creek, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmrfyn1l493/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nct4116xfr77

This big garden spider decided yesterday to build its web over the office doorway. Either by coincidence or because this is a very smart spider, it built its web over the corner of the door frame on the hinge side and attached the other side to the door itself. This means that we can open the door all the way and walk through and the web just stretches back away and is not in our way. #gardenspider #gardenspiders #Argiopeaurantia #texasspiders (at Cedar Creek, Texas)

Toads of the hugel #hugelkultur #texasgardening #texasgarden #texastoad (at Cedar Creek, Texas)

My toads are growing up! #hugelkultur #friendsofthehugel (at Cedar Creek, Texas)

These mofos were the 7th and 8th tobacco hornworms that I found on my tomatoes. These are the largest of the bunch but still quite small in comparison to caterpillars I have found in the past. The larger one is probably 2 inches. I think the adult form of this may be a beneficial insect, but these buggars can make quick work of my tomato plants, so they were quickly dispatched with my hand pruners. Let me tell you that it was incredibly gross...and I felt bad about doing it...but not bad enough to keep them around. #hornworm #tobaccohornworm #manducasexta #thismofo #thismoforighthere #texasgarden #texasgardening #hugelkultur #texashugel #hugel #gardenpests (at Cedar Creek, Texas)