Winter's hit us hard this year. Little rain, higher temps than average. But we're survivin'. And so are the trees, so far. The park across from my office window is full of blooming trees and plants, for which we are thankful. One of those plants is a Brugmansia Arborea tree, also known as "angels' trumpet flower", and probably others. Here they call it the "borrachera" (drunkenness) due to the effect of sniffing the blooms too enthusiastically. Bees, on the other hand, couldn't care less.

Here's a glimpse of our "white winter"...

trees are budding out and blooming. The grass is growing. I've had to mow the property since mid January.

Of course here in Texas the severity of our winters are measured by how often we have to run the air conditioner.

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Ele era velho.
Ele era corajoso.
Ele era feio.