Changes

So we have started a weight loss program. For the next 26 weeks we will be eating from a strict plan. Not overly strict, but strict enough. The first week is always the toughest - eating meat and GREEN veggies, and drinking more water. The full, sloshly feeling is not always pleasant. Nor the increased trips to the bathroom. But, in the end, it will be worth it to feel better and be able to wear a new old wardrobe!

Color

One of my favorite things about fall is the changing of the leaves. True, south Texas has a lot of evergreens -oak, pine, magnolia - but we do have our share of deciduous. I don't know what they are all called, but I do like the ornamental pears. I love the red leaves as we get deeper into the season.

We transplanted one from my parents' yard a couple of years ago. It wasn't much more than a seedling. Last year is was still growing. This year, it looks like a real tree, and I have high hopes for it changing color.

Five years ago, we planted a red maple and green ash in the back yard. I didn't do my homework on the maple. The red just referred to the stems and new leaf buds. They just turn yellow and fall off, instead of the beautiful orange and red other maples go. The ash has turned out to be a good tree. It is growing well and will give good shade in a few more years. It even survived the dogs stripping the bark off the trunk!

Just around the corner...

is fall. At least, I hope. Every season is my favorite when it is up and coming. Right now, that means fall. Autumn. And that means cooler weather, relatively, and changing leaves, hopefully, and the fast approaching holidays.

what is a blog, anyway?

sure, i'm on facebook, twitter (when i can remember my password) and another blog site, but what is a blog? for me, it's somewhere to write out the musings of my mind, which often seem more interesting before i put them down in black and white.....but as with most things, i don't seem to follow thru.

meh.