...Windsongs Update...
This blog will follow the business and the lives of Philip and Judy who make and sell these bells.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
HAPPY HOLIDAYS IN 2023
Monday, June 26, 2023
ROCKPORT AGAIN !!!
I just heard a rumor that it is at least five degrees cooler at the coast right now than it is in San Antonio. So Rockport, here we come!
Thursday, May 18, 2023
SPRING 2023
Windsongs has had a good spring. The weather has been pretty good. We've had enough rain that Judy's veggie garden looks great. We put in a new "hugelkultur" bed. So far, we harvested tomatoes, zucchini and squash!! The new bed has potato and bean plants PLUS two pineapple plants started from pineapple tops saved from store bought pineapples over a year ago.
The King William Art Festival turned out to be a good show despite a HUGE rainstorm on Friday night and an increase in the admission fee. People still came to the show, stopped by the booth to visit or buy a bell.
We roped in our Boerne grandson, Julien, to help us set up on Friday night. We rewarded him with a trip to the Alamo Cafe on the way home!
So Judy took a pottery class this year which then prompted us to buy a wheel and a kiln. While throwing pots on the wheel hasn't been as easy as Judy thought it might be, both Philip and Judy created some ceramic Texas stars. These were given out to anyone who bought a bell at the King William show. Just a way of saying thank you to our customers.
Thursday, December 1, 2022
FALL UPDATE!!
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
ROCKPORT ART FESTIVAL
Saturday, June 25, 2022
WELL........
things could have been worse. But for a week, things seemed pretty dire. No rain in ages, too many people moving in the area building houses, barns, swimming pools and ponds finally caused the eventuality we knew was coming. Wells began to run dry up here on our little hill two weeks ago and we were no exception. This is happening all over our county. We had to BUY a truck load of water to put into our tank to see us through the week while we waiting for the wonderful, overworked well companies to rescue us.
Our county entered stage 3 drought conditions. We began all our personal conservation strategies. Short showers, saving shower/dishwashing water, saving water from the dehumidifier and the air conditioner and buying HEB drinking water. Only our trees get watered by hand in early morning or evening. There are six people who live on this property and everyone did their best to conserve.
We now have a new and deeper well. The well companies here are so very backed up with constant calls from desperate land owners. These are wonderful men and women who worked in the 95 + degree heat for several days. We now have several new storage containers on the property too. We only have one roof with a gutter, but will be adding more. We are continuing those conservation strategies mentioned above because I guess we are afraid our new, deeper well might still not be enough to counter this situation long term.
Being without water is scary.