Prairie Winds Farm

We have lived in our ranch house here in Katy, Texas for over twenty years now and I have never seen these birds, White Ibis, visit our yard.  I did have the opportunity to be blessed with their visit this past week. My sister, the Birder says that the ones with the brown feathers are immature and the white are the elder.   They flew together and moved together; slowly piercing their slightly curved, long orange beaks into the soft soil to feed. Staying less than five minutes, they flew away together.  I tried to move so close to them to get a good shot surely, I am the reason they left so soon.  This last week there have been lots of sighting of water birds up and down my street.  My neighbor had a few hundred ducks in his yard last night.  I love to be surrounded in a natural environment that allows these visitors.  There is so much construction going on around us they must have had their natural environment destroyed and are looking for food and nesting areas in new places. I

Mr. Bob Bishop, our carpenter, did an amazing job on our both remodel located in Wimberly, Texas at Wimberly Market Days just a few miles outside of Wimberly town square on FM 2325.   Originally, we had hoped to add a layer of fresh paint and repair the leaking roof.  As soon as Bob started to work on booth, we realized that additional remodels were required to complete the job.  The original flooring was covered with carpet and once that was removed, we found out that the plywood was rotted and eaten by termites. In order for Bob to install a new floor, he had to reframe the structure so he could raise and replace the flooring.  He also added some steps outside the booths new  side and rear entrance.  Bob added trusses to strengthen the roof, removed and resealed all screws on rooftop, built a storage area with a ceiling and two doors.  He then installed two vintage wooden windows in two corners.  He also closed in two walls and added a door to rear wall.  He did a wonderful job