We're waking up to sunshine to get the weekend started right as much of our state finally gets out of the deep freeze zone — but many of us still have concerns.
Surprising statements by oil industry leaders have grabbed headlines. But the bigger change is underway more quietly, among young Republicans.
Mai Schotz writes about the photographer Keith Carter, who has documented small-town Texas for more than five decades.
On March 4th, 2017 I went down to North Star Dragway for the Texas Thaw. I try to make it each year for the event, it’s a fun day of drags and show where the gate proceeds go to a great cause, sending care packages to members of our military overseas. I’ll bring you more … Continue reading "2017 Texas Thaw Part 1"
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A slightly healthier version of a classic Texas dish, loaded with flavor and mild enough for any crowd. Assemble up to a day in advance or cover tightly and freeze unbaked. To cook, thaw overnight in the refrigerator before baking. Watch our video featuring this recipe.
Like Bubba in Forest Gump, I love shrimp and the myriad of ways to eat it! I absolutely believe that one of the best tips for a happy life is to eat more shrimp. If you can do it while there’…
This photo starts in the Pacific Ocean. From the winter of 2022 through the spring of 2023 atmospheric rivers of moisture carried from the Pacific Ocean across the western states to stock the Colorado Rockies with a 140% thirty-year record snow pack. The beneficiaries of all this record snow were not only Colorado but also New Mexico and Texas that share the water resource of the Rio Grande River. As the spring thaw began, I started to notice increased water levels in the Rio Grande. First the sand bars that normally protrude up through the water began to quickly disappear. Then the current and volume of the water increased to where water levels eventually made its way up to the top of the banks and began to overflow into the tree lined Bosque. This presented a unique opportunity for a Mighty Rio Grande River Photo. In early July, I traveled to the bridge on Central Avenue that spanned the Rio Grande and there I found a speculator view that I had hoped for. The sun had just set casting a strong yellow glow from the horizon and reflecting a strong orange color on the clouds above. The water was also reflecting several colors of the sky with moving reds, magenta and blues. In the waters below were mesmerizing currents and miniature whirlpools randomly appearing. This photographic opportunity was a rare event and I was grateful to be at the right place and the right time and capture this scene. Production and Shipping Time: Glossy Photo Paper: 5 days for printing, 5 days for shipping. Ready-to-Hang Canvas: 5 days for printing, 5 days for shipping. SHIPPING DETAILS There are 5 ways to print these images. 1) Premium Glossy Photo Paper are high quality, professional paper-prints. Sharp, Vivid and rich Color sets this apart from a casual photo print. You'll feel like you're there. Premium Glossy Photo Paper will last a long time. This option is available in 8x10 inches, 11x14 inches or 16x20 inches. They are designed to be placed in a glass frame, which can be purchased separately (starting at a few dollars at your local retail store or online). 2) Ready to Hang Canvas are ready to hang right out of the box with zero assembly required. Ultimate convenience. Gorgeous finished look. It comes out of the shipping box finished and ready to hang with a simple nail in the wall. Canvas Prints are a well-known, high-end way of displaying photographs. 1.5 inch thick wooden stretcher-bars that give it shape, in the same way an oil painting is traditionally assembled. There are no staples or ugly lines visible on the sides (very important). Estimated delivery time for printing, assembling, packing and shipping is around 10 days. 3) Ready to Hang Canvas (split into 3 panels) This is for larger pieces, and the photograph is split into 3 even panels, 3 separate canvas panels which put together make a single large image. This gives a modern look, and allows spectacularly large sizes on your wall! 4) Aluminum Metal Prints Create elegant wall decor that shines with high-end, exclusive and unique aluminum metal prints. Create a polished addition to any home or office. 3/64" thick aluminum panel. Features a glossy coating and rounded edges. UV resistant ink prevents fading. All metal sizes are ready to hang on your wall, right out of the box. 5) Acrylic Prints Create eye-catching home décor with modern acrylic prints. Light refracts through the museum-quality acrylic bringing vibrancy and depth to your photos. The .22" thick clear acrylic produces superb image quality from edge to edge and absolutely stunning, brilliant color! UV resistant ink prevents fading. All metal sizes are ready to hang on your wall, right out of the box
Time to get ready to start planting our warm season veggies and enjoy some of the best months for gardening here in Central Texas.
Skip the beans. Shun the ground meat. This Lone Star State bowl of red delivers long-simmered flavor that you can't get from the average chili
. . . I'm still working on using all of that frozen Rhodes Roll dough. Last week I made Cinnamon Sugar Glazed Orange Knots, that were very yummy.and today to go along with our Hawaiian Crunch Halibut . . .Buttery Parmesan Knots simply . . .thaw some texas size Rhodes rollsroll…
Irresistibly tasty, Rhodes Bake-N-Serv® Texas Size Rolls will have your family begging for more. Just thaw, rise & bake. Rhodes flash freezes all of their dough, so no preservatives are used. These rolls are 50% larger than our Dinner Rolls, with the same great taste. Rhodes Texas Size Roll dough is great for recipes, including sandwich buns and also makes the perfect pizza crust. No High Fructose Corn Syrup No Preservatives/No Artificial Preservatives Vegan Kosher
Homemade Orange Julius Ingredients: 1 can (6 ounces) frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed 1 cup milk 1 cup water 1/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 10 to 12 ice cubes Directions: In a...
It seems like thawing your frozen steaks before you cook them is just common sense, but according to these chefs, we've all been doing it wrong.
I recently "planted" two ollas in my vegetable garden. If you are wondering what an olla is, you may need to know that the pronunciation of the word is oy-ya. It is a Spanish word that means pot. Ollas are an ancient means of irrigation. An olla is a clay pot that is buried in the soil about halfway up the neck and filled with water. The water slowly leaches from the pot and irrigates the soil around the pot. They hold a couple of gallons of water and need to be refilled a couple of times a week. The ollas have covers to slow evaporation of water from the pot and, most importantly, keep mosquitoes out. Here is an olla in my squash bed. Each olla is supposed to water the soil 18 inches out from the center, so I planted four seeds around the perimeter of the olla. It was necessary to water the seeds as they began to grow because the roots of the seedling would not reach deep enough to hit the moist soil. I think the plants are now large enough to see if the water in the olla can sustain them without additional surface watering. This is a view of the squash bed from the other direction. The plants on this end are not as healthy due to pill bugs munching on the stems. The smaller plants allow you to see how the olla is buried and how the plants are oriented around it. Ollas are supposed to last several years. Any freezing and thawing during the cold winter months will probably be the hardest on them. As cold temperatures approach, I will stop refilling them and leave them the ground through the winter. For your viewing pleasure, here is a clip from Central Texas Gardener about ollas. And here is another clip showing how to make your own olla. If you search the internet, you can find several plans for making your own ollas. Elsewhere in the vegetable garden, I have a patch of black eyed peas growing on my homemade cattle panel arch. The taller plant among the black eyed peas is my only surviving green bean plant. I planted green beans before I planted black eyed peas and the pill bugs mowed down all of the others within a couple of days. Fortunately, they do not seem to care for black eyed peas. I hope that one bean plant produces a lot of beans. There are a few more squash plants to the right of the beans. I am growing tatume squash on the other side of the cattle panel arch. I did not grow any squash in the spring because the squash bugs and squash vine borers were so bad last year. Maybe the pests have moved on and will not come looking for squash plants this fall? This is one of my surviving tomato plants. It is still green on top and starting to produce fruit. That is the ferny foliage of asparagus in the background. A few horn worms are chowing down on the leaves. They will eventually turn into hawk moths. Looking away from the vegetable garden, color is beginning to return to the garden. Clammy weed, eryngo, flame acanthus, scarlet sage, autumn sage, zexmenia, pitcher sage and bee brush are all in bloom in this picture. I should have more on the fall flowers in the next posts.
A stylish design aficionado and art enthusiast, Brooklyn Decker undertook the redesign of her sprawling abode by herself—tour the home!
