Edgeland House tucks into a bluff above the Colorado River, and a triangular green roof of prairie plants insulates the sunken home.… Read More The post Edgeland House, where the wild things are appeared first on Digging. April 19, 2025 Located in a (formerly) derelict industrial zone in east Austin, Edgeland House is one of … Read more
A tour of Kay Angermann and Julie Nelson’s utterly charming Katie Bird Farm, a hobby farm and garden in southwest Austin.… Read More The post Wildflowers, donkeys, and old-sign magic at Katie Bird Farm appeared first on Digging. April 22, 2025 Last week I invited myself to Kay Angermann and Julie Nelson’s utterly charming Katie … Read more
What I’ve seen this week: a nesting screech owl, battling skinks, wren, lounging lizard, cactus flowers, and more!… Read More The post Cactus flowers, lizards, and another owl sighting appeared first on Digging. April 23, 2025 It may be peanuts, but that’s a good thing when it comes to peanut cactus. My peanut (Echinopsis … Read more
In the cottage garden of artist Tom Ellison and his wife, Pat, spuria iris, sweet peas, and pickerel weed make a springtime tapestry.… Read More The post Cottage garden charm in Tom’s Tarrytown garden, Part 1 appeared first on Digging. April 25, 2025 Spring is when I get invited — or invite myself — into … Read more
In Tom Ellison’s garden, gnomes make jeweled flowers, and Tom’s found-art sculptures shine among plants and pots.… Read More The post Found-art sculpture, bejeweled gnome village in Tom’s garden, Part 2 appeared first on Digging. April 27, 2025 In my last post I showed Tom Ellison’s front-yard cottage garden, which includes a large raised pond … Read more
If you’d like to say “very good” in Italian, you’d generally say molto bene.… You might know the word bueno but how many other Spanish adjectives do you know? Bello, educado, and ruidoso just scratch the surface of the many adjectives you can use to describe nouns—people, places, things, and ideas—and give pizzazz to your … Read more
Master reflexive pronouns in German with clear explanations, examples, and tips on when and how to use them in both accusative and dative cases. Learning the German possessive pronouns can feel like juggling new terms, numbers, German cases, and declensions all at the same time. It’s no wonder so many language learners might freeze up … Read more
Find the answer to the question “What is the longest word in the world?” with our guide to long words around the globe, including the longest words in English. When you look up a verb in the dictionary, you might only see the base form of the verb. This means there’s a good chance you’ll … Read more
Warning: contains plot spoilers for Doctor Who episode “The Well”. If they were really concentrating, fans may have got there just before the Doctor did, at the mention of an Xtonic Star. If they were really really concentrating, they could have drawn the connection even earlier, with the very first reference to Galvanic Radiation and … Read more
Warning: contains spoilers for Doctor Who series 15 episode 3 “The Well”. Me about 20 minutes into this episode: hmm, getting real “Midnight” vibes from this. Me about 25 minutes into this episode: ah! In a surprise sequel to a classic from the Tenth Doctor era, the Doctor and Belinda find themselves on an inhospitable … Read more