Traveling through the country.
I wasn’t sure what this following tree was. It had the leaves and characteristics of the mimosa tree but the pods were huge and the flowers more like orchids than purple puffs.
Had to do some research and now I think it’s a Royal Poinciana which is from the mimosa family.
I had a mimosa tree at another house in Florida and it’s a very DIRTY tree. The flowers are pretty but it leaves ugly small brown pods on the ground.
A beautiful spot for a wedding!
Just a little Sunday morning walk…
Nice!
On our recent Texas visit, we were able to visit both waterfronts in Houston. The seawater of Galveston and the freshwater of Lake Conroe. This time we were headed to visit old friends Cheryl and John for a few days of boating, eating, and drinking way too much!
They have had a sweet little poodle named Lexie.
And surprised us with Rascal, a two-year-old poodle, that they just rescued. He’s still a little shy but a totally sweet boy.
They met me every morning at the bottom of the staircase with yips and yaps. No sneaking around in this house!
The weather was a little sketchy but we still managed to go out on the boat a few times.
We went to a brewery for a beer tour. Missed the tour but we did get free beer!
After eating way too much and over imbibing, I could barely get my jeans zipped up for the flight home on Sunday. But we made it and picked up our own little Maggie, who was kind of happy to see us.
We had such a great time. One of our best trips ever!