We’ve moved around a bit since coming to Texas in 2009 … from Wimberley to San Marcos to Buda. And while we miss our five-acre Hill Country homestead, there’s a lot to love about our newest hometown just south of Austin (or as some say, just south of weird).

This weekend we wandered through the Inspired Minds Gallery to take a second look at some of the paintings created during the recent Plein Air competition …

Then headed over to the opening of Amado Peña’s opening at the Assemblage gallery …

followed by dinner at Mudbugs Cajun restaurant, where we indulged in deconstructed clam chowder and andouille crusted red fish with risotto …

topped off the next morning by an hour-long conversation with Amado Peña, who is 80 years young (check out those sneaks!) …

All just a mile-or-so from our house. And speaking of our house, here’s the newest resident: a Buda roadrunner, Geococcyx gardentoolensis …

Meep meep!