Monthly Archives: November 2013

Rainy Day Roses

Posted on November 25, 2013 by babywren

We are under a winter storm watch, temperature of 33 degrees with freezing rain falling all night. My tough Texas roses don’t care, they are taking it in stride, soaking it up. They think it is a nice change from … Continue reading →

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After the Frost

Posted on November 19, 2013 by babywren

We had an early freeze last week and the trees responded by giving us some colors other than green and brown. We don’t always see a nice color change here. The roses didn’t seem to mind a cold night either.

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Lace Knitting

Posted on November 11, 2013 by babywren

Instead of finishing my UFOs as I promised myself, I frogged an almost completed crochet tablecloth and knitted a Pi tablecloth (pattern is for a shawl by Wendy Johnson of wendyknits.net). It went pretty quickly but I was in the … Continue reading →

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A Walk After the Rain

Posted on November 1, 2013 by babywren

We have had several good rains in the past few weeks. Some things are blooming that I haven’t seen before and everything feels fresh. Even the poison ivy in the oak trees.

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