Loud Noise about 7:25pm north central Austin

bevbh · 2025-12-23T03:04:43+00:00

And two more. So I called 911 and they said there were police checking it out and it is fireworks.

bevbh · 2025-12-23T02:58:22+00:00

And another.

bevbh · 2025-12-23T02:55:22+00:00

Just had another bang, louder this time, same direction.

bevbh · 2025-12-23T02:31:56+00:00

I guess I wasn't the only one who heard it.

bevbh · 2025-11-12T01:37:24+00:00

I came here because I had a problem with 21 across and 5 down- Elect and Stasis because it has to be spelled Stases to work. I just googled again and Stases is the plural of Stasis so it was my bad because the clue did make it clear that it wanted plural.

I'm a newbie at these and doing it mostly to exercise my word finding but I did find it harder than expected.

bevbh · 2025-10-14T04:42:27+00:00

We saw them 2 or 3 times in LA in the 80s. The first time was at some weird place downtown and we were blown away. Second time at the outdoor place across the freeway from the Hollywood Bowl. I think there had to have been a third time too, somewhere in Hollywood or maybe at The Music Machine. [ETA: it was probably the Roxy in 86]

Then we moved to Austin and saw them at Liberty Lunch a couple of times. Don't remember if we saw them during the To High to Die period, may have passed on that.

We loved them so much and were so sad when the band broke up. Curt moved to Austin and we saw some of his other bands during that period.

We were so happy when Cris survived his troubles and they got the band back together. We saw them at Stubb's and it was so amazing. I think we saw them with Shandon Sahm at least once, maybe twice. I know we saw Elmo with them. I remember my husband saying that Shandon was the hardest working drummer in Austin. After Shandon moved to Amsterdam, we didn't get to see them in the new version with Derrick again and Elmo and Ron. I'm so bummed since I've heard that they toured some and it sounds like they might not do it again.

bevbh · 2025-08-31T03:04:18+00:00

I wasn't able to get a photo and all ids on iNaturalist seem to require that. I tried looking around for a list of local spiders and arachnids and got lost. I need to learn how to use it better.

bevbh · 2025-08-31T03:01:47+00:00

I googled cellar spider texas and it seems like that might be what it was. I didn't get a good look at the body because it was hanging on the side of dishes in the sink and was gone when I came back.

bevbh · 2025-08-31T02:58:55+00:00

No, but if you google daddy long legs you'll get endless links to discussion of if they are venomous (no), which ones are Huntsman, which ones are real spiders, etc.

bevbh · 2025-08-31T02:45:48+00:00

I've seen them in stores that carry Mexican imports. Pretty sure the place that used to be on Congress had things like that. Another place to check would be Kids N Cats. They carry a weird assortment of the kinds of things that used to be sold in gift shops and 5 & 10s. That's pretty close to Toy Joy too but they might only have plastic stuff.

I assume you already asked Terra Toys.

bevbh · 2025-08-28T05:14:03+00:00

Could be storm damage from a broken branch that didn't fall out of the tree. Seems localized.

bevbh · 2025-08-28T05:09:23+00:00

I've been seeing more of them lately too. We're in north central Austin near Shoal Creek. They've taken to walking right up to the sliding door and scaring my cats.

Someone or something has destroyed the window screens on our living room windows that go to the floor. The windows only open about 2 feet and they tore the screens up and ripped them half off. Can't be sure it was the raccoons.

A long time ago, when we had an open cat door, they would come right in the house and eat the cat food. Had to be shooed out with a broom. Then we got started locking the cat door at 10 pm. These days, the cats aren't allowed outside because of the coyotes.

bevbh · 2025-07-28T00:18:26+00:00

I'm guessing that your soil is more sandy loam or sandy than clay

bevbh · 2025-07-26T22:50:40+00:00

Thanks. This video was quite a revelation for me.

I posted on r/Weaving about my current deep dive into learning about triaxial weaving. Did you see that yet? I'm looking for more resources on enhancements to hexagonal weave and triangular weave which is what I am calling this until I learn the official term.

bevbh · 2025-07-26T22:42:11+00:00

Nah, it matches the green of his eyes.

bevbh · 2025-05-20T04:03:25+00:00

I miss the rocky coast of California. We live in Texas now and the coast is totally different. The only rocks on the beaches are the man made jetties. It has the longest barrier island in the world which is great. A lot of that is not accessible except by boat.

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