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There are 10 birds that every Texan should be familiar with, birds so common that they are found in most backyards around the state.

As mentioned last week, from a Resource Recycling newsletter, we find every year Americans throw away around 45 billion aluminum used beverage cans (UBC). And these landfilled cans are estimated to be worth about $800 million. (This waste is a Bummer!)

My journey last week began with a telephone call from Houston. “This is M------; I’m the daughter of ‘R’. My mom and my sister were both baptized at Redwood Baptist Church.”

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Recently along a stretch of Devil’s Backbone, people have been lining up their cars near a public-access picnic area to watch the setting sun. When conditions are right—and in the Hill Country, they often are—spectators can view a broad swath of the Milky Way, multiple planets, and since April, the Comet Neowise.

Truffula Pink gomphrena has already been hotter than the proverbial twodollar pistol but The Garden Guy is here to tell you, it is even better than we thought. It has been the champion of all butterfly plants at my house and if your peak butterfly season is September/October and you find them for sale, BUY THEM.

Perhaps it’s natural for humans to seek patterns in randomness.