tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-228052 2009-07-19T07:47:46-05:00 Notes about writing, landscape, and life in the Texas Hill Country TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5aee53ef011571241b96970c 2009-07-19T07:47:46-05:00 2009-07-19T07:47:46-05:00 Susan Albert MadTownMama (the pseudonym of a blogger named Susan, over at Mad Knitting) wrote yesterday, with this query: ""Do you mind...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?a=hvNI0SmK99g:Xk_PKsAPg2Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://susanalbert.typepad.com/lifescapes/2009/07/the-mystery-of-the-multiple-pseudonyms.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5aee53ef011571219ea7970c 2009-07-18T09:29:15-05:00 2009-07-18T09:29:15-05:00 Susan Albert Did I ever tell you how I got to be Carolyn Keene? If anybody asked me, when I was twelve,...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?a=_M3U2dy4tpg:e1JaSKfQmxg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://susanalbert.typepad.com/lifescapes/2009/07/nancys-legacy.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5aee53ef01157212446c970b 2009-07-17T09:42:08-05:00 2009-07-17T10:24:37-05:00 Susan Albert I love this hot-color coleus, don't love but am learning to live with these hot-hot days. 106 yesterday, maybe cooler...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?a=6gkN8y4Pybk:mip8ukrGENY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://susanalbert.typepad.com/lifescapes/2009/07/record-heat.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5aee53ef01157108c6ea970c 2009-07-13T10:49:15-05:00 2009-07-13T11:12:31-05:00 Susan Albert Sunflowers. Lots and lots of sunflowers blooming right now. They seem to thrive on the heat, although I'm sure they'd...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?a=1msrHwQzh_Q:Ha_pXnyv4Gc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://susanalbert.typepad.com/lifescapes/2009/07/an-extraordinary-year.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5aee53ef011571040483970c 2009-07-12T10:02:50-05:00 2009-07-12T10:26:24-05:00 Susan Albert One of my mother's favorite Depression-era recipes was her green tomato pie. We ate quite a lot of green tomatoes...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?a=slssIp4a_C0:V51KRWEE0m4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://susanalbert.typepad.com/lifescapes/2009/07/green-tomato-pie.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5aee53ef011571ed6c60970b 2009-07-10T10:28:47-05:00 2009-07-10T10:49:44-05:00 Susan Albert This is the "after" photo of a tomato that's just had its serious July trim. In CenTX, we grow tomatoes...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?a=y1WwgSiz3-M:UVQWWv5aP_c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://susanalbert.typepad.com/lifescapes/2009/07/tomato-trim.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5aee53ef011570e9be8f970c 2009-07-09T07:55:00-05:00 2009-07-09T07:55:00-05:00 Susan Albert This is the pretty side of the garden, with the bean towers, the corn (this is flour corn, not "eating"...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?a=6NlCdDuYXfM:Qm7iznepNEY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://susanalbert.typepad.com/lifescapes/2009/07/garden-views.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5aee53ef011571c1f4b8970b 2009-07-05T09:43:27-05:00 2009-07-05T10:27:34-05:00 Susan Albert This is what an "extreme/exceptional drought" looks like. We have over a dozen cypress trees, all growing along Pecan Creek...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?a=wt7arq0xTcQ:vnAOhgZAf5Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://susanalbert.typepad.com/lifescapes/2009/07/dry-hot-through-september-at-least.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5aee53ef011570acf9d3970c 2009-07-02T10:19:11-05:00 2009-07-02T10:29:15-05:00 Susan Albert This colorful, vibrant painted bunting is our most beautiful songbird. Not my photo, but borrowed from Wikipedia, where you'll find...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?a=h20omubKDGk:-MmWWq1EdNg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://susanalbert.typepad.com/lifescapes/2009/07/birds-of-a-feather.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5aee53ef0115718f85ae970b 2009-06-30T09:03:27-05:00 2009-06-30T09:03:27-05:00 Susan Albert Making tomato powder is easy (thanks to Dawn for asking). Here's a quick rundown. The fresh sliced tomatoes (seeds, skins,...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?a=EgFugHRLb_M:FQHPRSt3qcE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Lifescapes?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://susanalbert.typepad.com/lifescapes/2009/06/tomato-powder.html