Brutally hot weather! Got back last night from a trip to Houston and Surfside Beach. Just a couple of blooms (and a tree) from my daughter Lisa's yard in Houston. Unfortunately, the guy that put in the landscape after the house constructon turned out to be a bad choice and the landscape is having to be redone in stages. Her beloved original magnolia tree died...I think after they moved in, not sure...most likely drought and the construction stress did it in. Now she's got two new ones planted this spring and one is struggling more than the other. I suspect that at least one might have been a "dug-up" tree, but will probably make it.
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad
