tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post3570935262288280032..comments2024-03-16T22:08:36.509-05:00Comments on Rock-Oak-Deer: Winter Walk-Off 2013Shirley Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12734806779997587008noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-68175498235912797582013-03-24T17:38:05.519-05:002013-03-24T17:38:05.519-05:00They do seem to dance on some of the lawns, at lea...They do seem to dance on some of the lawns, at least that's how I always saw them.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-51852654048576692852013-03-24T17:36:58.613-05:002013-03-24T17:36:58.613-05:00Yay! I'm a winner! I'm sending you my ad...Yay! I'm a winner! I'm sending you my address.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-77413112944719263152013-03-24T17:29:24.420-05:002013-03-24T17:29:24.420-05:00Congratulations Shirley, you were one of the two w...Congratulations Shirley, you were one of the two winners in my Walk-Off. If you will send me a mailing address, I will send you several packs of heirloom annual seeds. You can contact me at morehiways@cox.net. Thanks again for playing along.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-62034621355403926802013-03-20T14:55:39.608-05:002013-03-20T14:55:39.608-05:00Dancing live oaks -- I love that image and will al...Dancing live oaks -- I love that image and will always think of them that way now. I enjoyed seeing the sights around your 'hood.Pam/Digginghttp://www.penick.net/diggingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-87503280624606737192013-03-16T17:15:46.730-05:002013-03-16T17:15:46.730-05:00Trying to decide if you would or wouldn't add ...Trying to decide if you would or wouldn't add anything.....<br /><br />In some places the lawn up to the house would look like they neglected to landscape but it somehow works with the mature oaks in this neighborhood. I decided to landscape under mine because we needed privacy on the curve at the bottom of a hill.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-1792354202549603662013-03-16T17:04:48.297-05:002013-03-16T17:04:48.297-05:00That's a great tour, and I must say all those ...That's a great tour, and I must say all those oaks make everything look great. What variety and character, including the large-scale model railroad. SA is the only other place other than NM where I hear "coyote fence", though that's a nice, refined style of what I see here. <br /><br />My mind churns on the oaks-house only front property, and if it were mine...David C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16897398037657414471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-696003071992115152013-03-15T12:17:32.775-05:002013-03-15T12:17:32.775-05:00Fortunately grass lawns don't grow well around...Fortunately grass lawns don't grow well around here so we get all manner of options.<br /><br />Glad I didn't bore you.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-66854927500207743152013-03-15T12:15:17.749-05:002013-03-15T12:15:17.749-05:00I'm so glad you enjoyed it ricki!I'm so glad you enjoyed it ricki!Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-77807967243008603642013-03-15T12:14:36.584-05:002013-03-15T12:14:36.584-05:00That's a fun way to look at it outlaw.That's a fun way to look at it outlaw.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-9735040516406228832013-03-14T12:49:19.095-05:002013-03-14T12:49:19.095-05:00Boring? Not at all. Someone with a train in the ...Boring? Not at all. Someone with a train in the yard and Agaves escaping and growing in cracks? Neighbors who actually grow something other than grass? No, no, no, this is not boring. Thanks for the tour!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13911109672807196057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-27265810359174575532013-03-14T00:25:12.987-05:002013-03-14T00:25:12.987-05:00A great walk! I especially liked your third and f...A great walk! I especially liked your third and fourth pictures. The third showed live oaks in safe, fenced-in captivity and the fourth acts as a warning about what they'll do if you open the gate and they get loose! So beautiful and simple, the oaks & lawn!outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-45347116450886366002013-03-13T14:20:54.334-05:002013-03-13T14:20:54.334-05:00Now THAT was a WALK!Now THAT was a WALK!rickihttp://bannersbyricki.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-24328585419457766642013-03-13T09:43:25.224-05:002013-03-13T09:43:25.224-05:00We have learned that the best plants for our clima...We have learned that the best plants for our climate are natives and we have so many great options. They are also mostly deer resistant which helps.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-13640538168317554932013-03-13T09:40:31.792-05:002013-03-13T09:40:31.792-05:00Thank you for stopping by Janet, I'm so glad y...Thank you for stopping by Janet, I'm so glad you enjoyed this tour of my Texas neighborhood. Texas is not quite the desert you see in Arizona and we have our own gardening challenges.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-63224150617047744332013-03-13T09:12:01.225-05:002013-03-13T09:12:01.225-05:00Agaves on the trash pile and I could see no reason...Agaves on the trash pile and I could see no reason for them to be there. The train house is far enough that I don't have to see it often.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-27635925789134592672013-03-13T09:10:33.149-05:002013-03-13T09:10:33.149-05:00Glad to have brought another "first" to ...Glad to have brought another "first" to your challenge. The doorbell probably does sound like a train.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-50277007308942983212013-03-13T07:57:11.260-05:002013-03-13T07:57:11.260-05:00Live oaks and blue bonnets--and lots of surprises ...Live oaks and blue bonnets--and lots of surprises in this neighborhood. There seems to be more than the usual (little) attention to environmentally appropriate plantings.James Goldenhttp://www.federaltwist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-88195682215648778252013-03-13T06:00:18.737-05:002013-03-13T06:00:18.737-05:00I loved this post, I have never been to Texas, so ...I loved this post, I have never been to Texas, so this was a trip to a very different landscape to any I am used to, even to Arizona, which I have been to several times. I love the Live Oak trees, living sculpture, I hope they don't get too badly decimated by disease, they are such a presence.Janet/Plantaliscioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605580157193047780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-81163856685890217182013-03-13T00:14:12.827-05:002013-03-13T00:14:12.827-05:00Agaves on a trash pile, say it isn't so!!! My ...Agaves on a trash pile, say it isn't so!!! My heart aches. (Of course not as bad as it would if I had to live near the train house).danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-72263518752576270392013-03-12T19:56:53.339-05:002013-03-12T19:56:53.339-05:00Thank you so much for participating in my Winter W...Thank you so much for participating in my Winter Walk-Off. I must say you have a very interesting neighborhood. This is my third year of hosting it, and I can honestly say no one has ever posted a picture of a front yard railroad line. Did you ring their doorbell to see if see if a train horn sounded? I think my favorite feature are all the live oaks. They are one of my favorite trees and are sort of a signature of this area as well. They do really well along the coast here, and we are at their natural northern limit. Thanks again!Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-49343953980138805652013-03-12T15:48:20.656-05:002013-03-12T15:48:20.656-05:00Glad you enjoyed it Felicia.Glad you enjoyed it Felicia.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-78716084027479078512013-03-12T15:47:17.610-05:002013-03-12T15:47:17.610-05:00The railroad is memorable, isn't it? Iconic i...The railroad is memorable, isn't it? Iconic in that you really couldn't be anywhere else with the oaks and rocks.Shirleyhttp://rockoakdeer.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-63472484834774977612013-03-12T15:41:07.413-05:002013-03-12T15:41:07.413-05:00At first I thought you must live in my mother in l...At first I thought you must live in my mother in law's neighborhood but I think I would have remembered the railway decor. I think Central TX neighborhoods just have an iconic look to them.CyndiFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05405982629283290587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-51977446135056365022013-03-12T14:40:58.025-05:002013-03-12T14:40:58.025-05:00Thanks for sharing your walk. It was neato to see ...Thanks for sharing your walk. It was neato to see the different features. I learned a few things too. Feliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16315635566608283734noreply@blogger.com