...Good Night and Good Luck

I'm playing copy cat right now. I have been reading blogs this past week with their posts being a year in review. And being that it is such a great idea, I thought I'd do the same. Within this post there'll be what I would consider the highlights of Hootin' Anni's 2013 and what was happening around me:

Looking back to January--

--I shared a winter sunset from Marble Falls, Texas [in the Hill Country] and spotted an unusually marked goose beak!

February is not only my birthday month but it's 'heart month'--

--and I finished a quick crochet project of pink and red heart coasters. Also, in February the South Texas Peddler Show is an annual event. I loved the blue sky and the Texas State Flag flying beside Old Glory.

In March, the hummingbird Spring Migration hits South Texas--

--one male ruby throated hummingbird posed for me in our back yard! And the Texas State Flower, the Bluebonnet, blooms profusely in the fields and parks surrounding the city!!

April came along with another craft project that involved both Bud and Me--

--collecting different sizes of tin cans, we created a Tin Man of Oz. Roses in our yard are dazzling this month!

Then May--

--I finished and framed an acrylic painting I had been working on for weeks; drawing from a photo I had taken. From pencil sketch to an Indigo Bunting. Also, looking to the sky one morning...the Phoenix had risen!! [look closely in the cloud]

Along comes June--

--The treasures of nature walks!! Finding a nesting hummingbird at a Nature Reserve in town [we followed its progress from here thru to the hatchlings and leaving the nest in such a short time]...and juvenile gators!!

In July, Super Size it!!!--

--World wide, July came through with witnessing a super moon!! And Bud and I were viewing this phenomenon from moon rise over the Bay to where we returned home and I snapped this photo of the moon behind the peak of the house to show its width and depth in size! Also, they're so ugly only a mother could love 'em. Wood Storks return to the Coastal area.

The hot, sultry month of August brought--

--the chip lady!! I found this treasure inside a bag of potato chips. [I still have it] While the summer months are a bit hot and humid, the beach is just minutes away...and the jetty and views of our lighthouse, the Lydia Ann!!

September--

--While most of America begins to experience Autumn, we here in the Coastal Bend of Texas still linger in Summer; I found myself yearning for the dry, high mountains of my youth, The Rocky Mountains. Along the shore, some go fishin'!!

Then came October--

--A favorite month for me!! Halloween comes in October!! October means adding to my collection of witches. And new this year, I accomplished completing a quilt for the first time a month prior, but it was for use in the month of All Hallow's Eve...and it was last time for me to try quilting!!

In November and December--

--I was awed and captivated to see the vast number of ducks migrating to South Texas for the winter. And marveled at their beauty.

IN CASE YOU MISSED 'EM

some highlights of 2013--

--SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF TEXAS [Texas Talk -link]

--A LITTLE TEXAS HUMOR -Link

Some of my sketches--

--of Willie Nelson completed in June, a cuckoo bird in September, a Redstart, a woodpecker:

Sidebar Linking to MEMES

...and that concludes the year that was. 2013 will be history! As the late Edward R. Morrow would close his show, I repeat his words:

GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK.