You can take the Texan out of Texas…

Nothing’s going on with the house until tomorrow, so I made comfort food. Thank you Robb Walsh for the best cheese enchilada recipe anywhere. With the help of Gary and Dave, I made corn tortillas: Then I made this incredibly delicious chili gravy. Chili gravy is just a light roux with lots of chili powder, […]

Same house, different day

On Monday they are pouring the foundation. Not much has changed this week. Today, I took this shot  from the southeast. The sky was an amazing blue. I’m planning on taking a picture every day, whether or not anything changes. I picked out this tile today. Do you notice anything interesting about the color? I […]

Wildlife

This deer stand and the tree it’s in are going to have to come down. I wanted to keep the tree, but it’s been seriously damaged by the deer stand. Here’s the only deer we’ve seen lately. Yep, it’s a lame joke, but I really like this photo.

Landscaping by Mother Nature

This little rock formation is in our backyard. I photoshopped it to make the background for this blog. You actually can’t see the house from here, but it’s just a short walk down the hill.

Footings!

We have footings!  It rained a lot last night. I went to the site today and there’s a lot of mud and I couldn’t get any good photos. All these rocks Kevin added should help. Here’s Gary in the wine cellar on Monday: