Halloween brought sustained rain to Central Texas after a long, brutally dry summer, and this week you could see the results. The rain lilies that had appeared overnight at the base of the onramp were already gone, but less ephemeral life began to appear—the signs of spring that you always get at the beginning of winter here in a region with two growing seasons. The spiderwort is the first, along the shady edge of the bluff behind the factories, between and sometimes on the big chunks of busted-up curb cuts and building foundations that got illegally dumped here back in the day. It will be the first to bloom come February, even if its green blades get a little frostbite.
Autumn Blooms in the Astronaut Squat
Autumn Blooms in the Astronaut Squat
Autumn Blooms in the Astronaut Squat
Halloween brought sustained rain to Central Texas after a long, brutally dry summer, and this week you could see the results. The rain lilies that had appeared overnight at the base of the onramp were already gone, but less ephemeral life began to appear—the signs of spring that you always get at the beginning of winter here in a region with two growing seasons. The spiderwort is the first, along the shady edge of the bluff behind the factories, between and sometimes on the big chunks of busted-up curb cuts and building foundations that got illegally dumped here back in the day. It will be the first to bloom come February, even if its green blades get a little frostbite.