spring in Texas

I was in Texas last weekend and took the opportunity to go the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.  It was beautiful and relaxing.  If you get to Austin in the spring, I recommend it.

 

                 a beautiful tree blossom

The only armadillo I saw.     

Golden Groundsel

   

I'm Going to Build a Snowman

 

If you are looking for a new book to add to your winter collection for reading to children, I'm Going to Build a Snowman by Jashar Awan, is worth looking for.  A young boy wakes up one morning excited to go outside and build the perfect snowman.  He goes outside with his grand ideas of what the snowman will look like.  When he is done, it isn't perfect.  But it is just right.  It has brief text and great pictures that engage listeners of a variety of ages.