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Want wildflowers? A visit to St. Edward's Park

If you're looking for a place to see wildflowers, you don't have to leave Austin. Today, Luke and I visited St. Edwards Park in Northwest Austin with some friends, and I can honestly say I've never seen so many bluebonnets. It was amazing. I haven't been to that park, which is off Spicewood Springs Road...

Posted to Tirades from a Tired Producer (Weblog) by cindy on 04-18-2010
House guests

Every year, a family of house sparrows builds a nest in a crevice above our back door. We used to try to seal up the hole so they wouldn't be able to build the nest, but they kept pecking through. Eventually, we gave up. Now, it's really fun to sit on the back porch and watch them fly back and forth...

Posted to Tirades from a Tired Producer (Weblog) by cindy on 04-12-2010
Escargot

It's been a very wet spring in Austin. As a result, the snail population has exploded -- at least in my garden. While pulling snails off my vegetables on day recently, I posed the following question: Can you eat garden snails? I was wondering if they could be gathered, or whether they have to be raised...

Posted to Tirades from a Tired Producer (Weblog) by cindy on 04-11-2010
In full bloom

I just wanted to share a few photos from the Wildflower Center today, because we had a lot of fun. The wildflowers are just hitting their stride in Central Texas right now. Waves of blue, red and yellow are visible along many Texas highways. Yards in my neighborhood are in full bloom, and now all of...

Posted to Tirades from a Tired Producer (Weblog) by cindy on 04-04-2010
A taste of organization

I got a taste of organization yesterday, and I LIKE it! It all started when Andy suggested that we go ahead and move Luke into the big bed that's been stored in pieces in the closets since we set up the crib. It was my bed growing up, and it's really sturdy. The only problem is -- we couldn't find the...

Posted to Tirades from a Tired Producer (Weblog) by cindy on 03-21-2010
First Night 2009

I didn't actually go to Austin's First Night this year (I had to work), but Andy and Luke went and had a blast. It's definitely worth checking out if you haven't yet. I think it's so cool that Luke decided to go in his tiger costume. It was all his idea. He didn't actually get to go to a Halloween party...

Posted to Tirades from a Tired Producer (Weblog) by cindy on 12-31-2009
A joyful three days

I used up the last of my yearly vacation days (never enough!) to spend three glorious days with my son. Awesome! I didn't have any big plans. I just wanted to have a relaxing few days with the boy. It's time I wish I got to spend with him all year long. The kiddo is a bundle of energy, so our first stop...

Posted to Tirades from a Tired Producer (Weblog) by cindy on 12-30-2009
The kind of day where everything falls into place

It's been a stressful few months, but I have to say, after Friday, maybe it's a sign of things turning around? I took Friday off. it was a week before Christmas, and I needed to take care of some errands and also REST. Andy also took the day off, and we spent the morning hanging out with Luke and just...

Posted to Tirades from a Tired Producer (Weblog) by cindy on 12-19-2009
Ice skating in Austin

It's not usually this chilly in Austin in December. Usually we'll have one or two cold days and the rest are balmy and beautiful. This year -- wet and chilly. I told Luke one weekend on a visit to Whole Foods that we would only go ice skating at the rink they have set up on the plaza when it's cold....

Posted to Tirades from a Tired Producer (Weblog) by cindy on 12-17-2009
What I’m thankful for

I don’t typically spend Thanksgiving with my family – and by that, I mean my parents or Andy’s parents. Thanksgiving in my life involves my husband, son and a host of friends who I consider family. In Nashville, it was my neighbors and my boss and his wife. In Austin it has been neighbors and friends...

Posted to Tirades from a Tired Producer (Weblog) by cindy on 11-25-2009

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