Just spent a great weekend with my husband! We went on a junket to central Texas, just because.

We went to Fredericksburg, Texas where we followed the wildflower trail. No flowers, due to drought, but plenty of rolling hills (which, to this Louisiana gal, looked like mountains and valleys), dried river beds, wild life and a nifty google-as-we-go study in micro-ecosystems.

We ducked into a few shops and husband found a capo for his twelve string guitar–a real prize since he’d only seen capos for 6-strings before. I took in sights and sounds and smells of every kind of boutique store you can imagine. Then we had a great meal at the Bavarian Inn. I don’t know much about German food, but I know what I ate was Very Good!

Then, on to Austin where we were lucky to find a room. Who knew it was graduation weekend? We certainly didn’t. Had a fantastic brunch at Threadgills where a Southern gospel band called Bells of Troy played for us. The original band started in the early nineteen-fifties and one of the members was still singing and playing with them. What a yummy breakfast buffet, too!  The cheese grits and sweet potato pancakes were to die for! Must find recipe for sweet potato pancakes.  Send it to me in my comments if you have it, please.

Then we went dinosaur hunting at the Zilker Botanical Garden. Didn’t find any prehistoric critters, but DID see wildflowers!

But the best part of the whole trip was spending one-on-one time with my husband. ♥ Through all the driving, walking, eating, and driving again, we had great laughs, wonderfully spontaneous discussions and an all-around good time.