It has been an eventful year so far. We sold our home in Houston March 15th (BIG YAY!). It's a pretty fascinating phenomena how putting your house on the market can cause everything in the place to start breaking.
Even better, we transferred financial responsibility for Kelly to husband Anthony on March 31st (BIGGER YAY!)It was a lovely wedding out here in the Hill Country.
Winnie and Ron have both been involved in "masterful" pursuits.
Winnie became a Certified Texas Master Gardener in May and has volunteered her time beautifying gardens all over the county
Winnie not only has master gardener skills now, but she's picked up some magic skills as well. She picked about six pounds of those little red berries in the photo on the left from the agarita bushes that grow wild in our back yard, and Abracadabra! She changed them into the delicious agarita jelly you see on the right.
Ron is in the current class of Texas Master Naturalists, with certification scheduled for October. Volunteer activities have included clearing brush and cedar trees (technically Ash Junipers), building directional signs for the Warbler Woods bird sanctuary and getting to spend time in Canyon Lake Gorge.
In addition to volunteer projects, the Master Naturalist program offers opportunities for advanced training on a wide variety of topics. One example is a presentation Ron attended on birds of prey by the "Eagle Lady", Doris Mager from Florida. She's holding a Screech Owl on the left, and that's a Caracara (Mexican Eagle) on the right.
Plenty of activities going on back at home, too. Winnie and Ron recently purchased a canoe that will also accept a trolling motor. We have paddled it around on the lake, and plan to do some fishing in it. I'm sure there will be fish stories in my next post!
The company that did our garage and back patio flooring opened up a franchise in Bulverde (11 miles away). We had them do our front porch, and we found the pottery just outside San Marcos.
Winnie finally got her dream dining room table. Well, almost. The table and chairs we ordered from Amish Oak of America were delivered and installed, only to discover the "self stored" feature for storing the leafs in the table were not included. We had the table for about 30 minutes, before it was loaded up and sent back to the builder. Looks like we may see it again in about three weeks. It is beautiful furniture, and we look forward to getting the table. 
We are still discovering all the interesting places in our own back yard. While we have been to Wimberly several times, we recently visited Mount Baldy, just outside Wimberly. 215 steps to the top, but the view was worth the climb.
No post would be complete without some critter pictures.
"I'd like to place an order to go"
What a rack!
Why are all these hummingbirds buzzing a woodpecker feeder?
Man this grass is soft, and tastes good,too!
And finally...
Ron riding a Deere!
