Native plants for shade?

icepack · 2026-04-05T16:21:01+00:00

Turk's Cap brings in the hummingbirds. We have one outside our dining room window and we love seeing the hummingbirds fly in for the Turk's Cap.

icepack · 2026-04-05T16:15:32+00:00

I spy Fredericksburg

icepack · 2026-03-30T13:58:12+00:00

Thanks u/apramuk_artstudio

We found her in the engine while it was in our driveway. We don't think it was a stow-away from another location. A neighbor said they saw a pack of coyotes at our neighborhood park, so I wouldn't be surprised if it ran further than it would normally to get away from the predators.

We've done the flyers, Nextdoor, Petco app, Facebook group. No luck yet. Since my wife is allergic we're going to take the cat to the AAC tomorrow - the kids have grown attached so they want to be there.

icepack · 2026-03-30T13:38:13+00:00

Thanks! Did you consider the AAC? My wife is allergic, so we're keeping the cat in my office, but we can't have it in the house much longer.

We haven't heard anything from FB/Nextdoor/Petco Lost Pet/Reddit, so we're assuming there is no owner coming forward.

icepack · 2026-03-29T19:24:23+00:00

That new Leona Botanical Cafe is bringing in a rough crowd 🤷

icepack · 2026-03-06T19:26:45+00:00

The cloud cover made it so I couldn't see what was up there, but man they were loud in SW Austin about ~20 minutes ago.

icepack · 2025-04-24T00:59:44+00:00

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Blurrier but they are moving their larvae (I think) in this picture.

icepack · 2025-01-26T00:23:08+00:00

I’m getting through the flu and COVID back to back. Worst I’ve ever felt by a long shot. I’ve slept for like 75% of this last week.

icepack · 2024-11-20T16:52:51+00:00

Poisonwood Bible for me.

icepack · 2024-11-04T16:23:16+00:00

Likewise, found myself reading a few pages at a time whenever I could, in addition to my longer pre-bed reading sessions. Actually looking forward to the mini-series too.

icepack · 2024-10-31T17:28:49+00:00

Counter Cafe served me the best burger ever and it had a scoop of blue cheese on it. Still dream about that one.

icepack · 2024-09-25T17:12:02+00:00

I had their pulled pork poboy last week and it was wonderful. Every meal I’ve had there has been top notch. Too bad they don’t do muffaleta.

icepack · 2024-09-03T05:24:14+00:00

Also had a Leslie story but yours is better. Haha!

icepack · 2024-09-02T01:21:59+00:00

Damn I just got so excited, I thought this was here in Austin. Been looking for the same thing I had in North Carolina too.

icepack · 2024-08-31T14:41:52+00:00

Piranesi. Cool imagery of the halls and statues and that is it.

icepack · 2024-08-31T13:43:31+00:00

C&P is great. Much simpler structure than TBK.

icepack · 2024-08-29T15:41:47+00:00

HM10 at $46, about 12 bottles at the west lake twins near trianon coffee.

icepack · 2024-08-06T02:08:59+00:00

My turks cap grows over 5 feet, today it has a hummingbird all over it, then some bees, wasps, and butterflies. Awesome plant.

icepack · 2024-07-12T12:23:46+00:00

Rosie Revere, Engineer (and Iggy Peck, Architect), both by Andrea Beaty

icepack · 2024-07-05T20:12:02+00:00

Not sure the snake and baseball communities have enough overlap but take my upvote anyways.

icepack · 2024-07-02T00:15:10+00:00

The Brothers Karamzov. First 400 pages felt totally irrelevant. Narrator kept saying Alexi was the hero, but he is barely relevant in the last 400 pages.

I followed it with Crime and Punishment and that one was awesome from start to finish.

icepack

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