Long Hollow

Where seeds of thought have room to grow

recent posts

about

Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Texas

  • Random Five on Friday

      1. Do yellow wildflowers lining roadsides count as "Autumn Color"? (I love them whether they do or not!)   2. This morning at an orientation at the Austin Board of Realtors, I won two door prizes in a row, first a bottle of wine and then a canvas bag that tells the world I'm…

  • Just Another Day at Work in Austin, Texas

      Austin real estate in a nutshell: Number of people moving here, wanting houses > Number of houses available Consequently, it's important for an Austin real estate agent to be acquainted with builders and new homes.  So today I attended a class on helping clients find and purchase new homes. We even had a field…

  • Dodging Rain and Traffic Jams…and other sweet!s of the week

    I made another overnight trip to the Houston area this weekend to visit my mom. Because of the weather forecast, I expected to be driving in rain coming and going. And dreaded it something fierce! So what a sweet! surprise to have sunshine to and from Houston, with the predicted rain passing through early this…

  • New Careers, Full Moons, Church Bazaars, and other sweet!s

    Long ago I dreamed of having the job I have now…only I didn't know what it was at the time. Does that make sense? As with any entrepreneurial endeavor, it's agonizingly slow getting started, but I'm confident in my abilities and that I'm on the right track. That's sweet! all by itself. (But if you,…

  • The Sweet Sound of Rain

    When it rains, you grow. ~ On a local church sign   I woke to the sound of rain Sunday morning. Such a sweet sound when you live near a lake that now resembles a creek after months…well, years…of too much sunshine and too little precipitation. Tonight the frogs living near our pond are singing…

  • Five Things on Friday

        1. Wildflowers are blooming like it's springtime instead of autumn. Plants I thought had died are sprouting blossoms again. Maybe it's like this every year, and I just forget. That's okay. I love the surprise of it! 2. Waller Creek runs through Austin down to Lady Bird Lake. Near downtown, it's dirty, stinky,…

  • Heading West…and other sweet!s

    My middle son and I were headed west on I-10 out of Houston tonight after a weekend visit with my mom when this glorious sunset appeared before us. We were ooh-ing and ah-ing and I itched to grab my camera, but I played it safe and ordered delegated the picture-taking to Daniel. He was a…

  • Dreaming of Sandcastles and Sweet Sunrises

    Usually the Monday following four incredible days full of sunshine in Port Aransas with twenty friends is a Monday in every sense of the word. But today hasn't been bad at all…except that it's too short. With everything going on in my life right now, I really didn't have time to slip away and lounge…

  • After every storm the sun will smile…

    "After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer." ~ William R. Alger We finally had enough rain this week to leave small pools in limestone bed of Long Hollow creek and set the frogs singing in celebration of…

  • Six Things on Saturday

      1. Wednesday night, as I drove home from a meeting, the huge Harvest Moon broke through the clouds, beaming bright on the road ahead of me. I relished the beauty of it, but would you believe I didn't even think about grabbing my camera when I got home? Something must be wrong with me.…