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| Robert is in the middle with our quail dog, Colt, an English spaniel, on point. |
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| Colt in true form! |
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| Painted buntings are back in Central Texas! |
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| Robert is back to serving behind the badge! |
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| A mother and father barn swallow tag-team to care for their young. |
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| Doodle bug apocalypse due to dryness outside - these things have "gills" and need moisture. Good luck, little guys. |
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| Our oldest son, Landon, with our grandbabies, Chelsea and Grant, and a first annual picnic! |
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| A toad on our dirt road. |
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| A toad at the dog kennels just minutes later - it's the creepy crawly season. |
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| A cicada freshly emerged from its former carcass. |
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| A scoripon combing the walls at night surely looking for water like the invading doodle bugs. I sprayed it. |
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| Our youngest son, David, here with his good friend, Zach, before departing to Oregon to be a wild-land firefighter through October. Valla con Dios! |
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| Cliches are cliches for a reason: cows coming home. |
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| A sunrise at the Star Ranch |
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| Robert strategizing |
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| David working on a farm in Fegersheim, France |
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| The beautiful star butterfly garden |
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| A new perspective for me |
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| A nonvenomous regular out here and an appreciated creature considering the alternatives |
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| Texas nettle |
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| The beauty here is regularly astounding but especially in the spring |
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| Progress |
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| Time to paint |
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| Another perfect sunrise |
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| One of several rainbows we witnessed here recently |
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| Chelsea's prized basil plant - grown from seed |
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| Our handsome Grant |
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| Landon with the grandbabies on the pond - aka "tank"in these parts |
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| Chelsea learning to serve Daddy lunch |
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| Chelsea helping us with groundskeeping at the lodge |
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| Chelsea hearing bullfrogs - She was so smitten with their voluminous calls and how she could not see a single one! |
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| Chelsea and Grandma (me) looking at the colors of the sunset. She actually saw more colors than me. Hmm. |
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| Grandpa, Grandma (behind the camera), Daddy, Chelsea, and Grant waving to the MS150 cyclists on their last 8 miles |
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| A lone mockingbird - our state bird |
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| Finally done |
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| Yet another rainbow - why, yes, it is all rainbows and unicorns sometimes. |
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| Robert's creation for our home with the scrap wood from the deck |
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| Grant getting handy with a screwdriver |
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| Grant hard at work at his new work bench |
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| David's back from France! |
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| Dandelion honey from David and France |
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| Robert's video of something very much "National Geo-GRAPHICesque" - two rat snakes |
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| Every sunrise is good - even on a foggy morning |
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| Josh, our official Star Ranch Photo Bomber |
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| Again, Josh |
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| Robert's side project - to build this |
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| Again, Josh - and competing with the sprinkler at that - wow. |
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| Gifts from our four red sexton hen friends |
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| This picture was taken on Mother's Day night and I could not help notice that this mother barn swallow is always closely guarded by this father barn swallow. |
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| A very fat quail running out from under David's shack - time for the comeback |
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| Our family -xo David, Robert, Landon (top), MawMaw, Christie, PawPaw |
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| Belle - our sweet senior girl - ending the day the cool way |
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| Chelsea riding her birthday gift from Daddy - a new bike |
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| Grant inherits Chelsea's old walking bike |
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| Tom, our giant family feline - so much fun |
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| Is it just me or do these look like they are a captive audience? Astounding. |
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| The grandbabies color up the inside of a packing box from birthday girl's recent bedding delivery |
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| Chelsea is officially moved in to this box. She kept asking us to close it. |
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| Precious moment with Grandpa |
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| Grant talking up a storm with Grandpa |
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| Lolita, our ratcha, does NOT like thunderstorms. |
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| Old Josh is still at it! |
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| This is a season of many birthdays in our home - PawPaw, Landon, Chelsea, and David! |
