They've been draining parts of the lakes around here to fight back the growth of some parasitic weeds, and a few weeks ago Zoe and I went to Richard Garriott's place to help clean up the shore line. She wandered down into the muddy edge of the water despite my warnings and got pretty well stuck. Our friend Domino tried to help her out, and got stuck herself. Zoe got clear of the quagmire, but it took me some time and a long leaver to pry Domino's shoe out of the mire. Above we see Zoe (AKA Madam Mud-Butt) getting hosed off by Domino.
Stef suggested we take a walk around town lake, and we had a great time. If you look closely, Zoe is pointing at a line of turtles on the log.
We found a bunch of folks playing kayak polo. Just another reason to love Austin.
Zoe found some swans down by the docks.
Not expert work, but even a stinky old dad like me can sculpt a hair do on occasion.
And of course the next weekend it snowed!
Only barely enough to go sledding, but we don't get it often, so we tried. My laundry basket made a surprisingly good sled, but not as good as the real deal.
The nature center has a bunch of neat bits and pieces of animals and plants you can check out. Zoe loves it.
Zoe at the nature center at Zilker park. They have a small and quirky collection of animals.
It was warm and the kiddo wanted to play in the stream.
