drought be gone! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!
many trees have turned color, not because fall is approaching, it's due to the drought. the bananas, horse tail plant (equisetum), some of the trees we planted when we first moved in and the buffalo grass.... all dead or near dead
we set the all time record for consecutive 100+ temp days this summer. and no real rain! the field above is normally filled with wild sunflowers, we had just a couple this summer. and now we have very large wildfires all around the austin area.
kat helped hydrate the kids with her ice shaving machine.
the toads are prospering in the lower koi pond, FIVE seen above. at night they make a lot of noise, calling for mates. the pond is filled with eggs and toads locked in pairs (or sometimes tripple)
we returned to carillon for happy hour, met some friends and went to foreign and domestic.
interesting brioche was a gift from the chef.
the chef also gifted us some ribs. the chef liked us, but I got the impression our waiter did not.
we closed off the evening with fancy cocktails at the tigress pub.
cheers! I hear the hot temps are about to break and hopefully we'll get some rain soon.