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The Monarch Cabin and the Swallowtail Cabin are located on 80 acres, in the heart of the Texas Hill Country.

Minutes off the 290 wine trail, and an easy drive to Fredericksburg, Stonewall, Hye, Luckenbach, Albert, Johnson City and Blanco.

10/27/2026

The Fall migration of the monarch butterflies is in full swing in the Texas Hill Country!!!! The super monarchs!!!!One of my favorite times of the year!!!

In the Spring, the monarchs are born in the southern most part of Mexico. Their parents aren’t there to tell them what to do. They just know they are supposed to head north.

The monarchs of the Spring migration are much smaller butterflies. They fly as hard as they can north, lay their eggs and die. Their babies eclose and keep heading north. It takes multiple generations for them to get to Canada and Maine.

In September, the Super Monarchs are born. They are much bigger, stronger butterflies. Each butterfly can fly up to 3000 miles!! One butterfly is born in Canada, and will fly all the way to the southern most part of Mexico.

That is what we are seeing right now. It’s an absolute privilege to be able to see them!

It truly is quite something!!!

10/20/2026

Some days just end up with a racc**n eating pizza in your lap

10/10/2026

Good morning Skittle!!!

Skittle is a teenager now. He’s been living down at the creek for about 3 weeks now. I go down every morning to take him his breakfast.

I have a chair and a table down there. I call him for 5-10 minutes before he wakes up in whatever hidey hole he’s in, and comes barreling out.

He usually climbs up in my lap to say hello before he attacks his breakfast.

Scrambled eggs with cheese and sliced grapes are his preferred breakfast😊

10/04/2026

Yesterday was a crazy bird day!!! This little hummingbird spent 45 minutes sitting in a lady’s lap over at the guest cabins while she enjoyed a glass of w**e on the porch. Ended up, it was the lady’s birthday! Has to be good karma to have a hummingbird hang out on your lap on your birthday!!!!

The big beautiful boy is a Limkin. He had a terrible collision with my house about 11:00 last night. Before I could get to him, my dog Minnow had him in her mouth. I got him away and he spent the night in my bathroom.

I went to check on him this morning, and he looked dead as a doornail. Decided to wait for a break in the rain to go have a bird funeral and find a nice resting place for him.

When I went to get the box and proceed with the funeral, I heard him scratch the box! He’s at wildlife rescue in Kendallia now, in remarkably good shape given all he’s been through. The wildlife rescue people had never seen anything like him either!!! Such a beautiful creature!!!!!!!

10/01/2026

Little Skittle survived his first Texas hill country storm!!!! Since he came here a couple of months ago, it hasn’t rained or thundered. He got a good dose of both today!! He managed it in fine form and was happy to come out of his hidey hole for his supper!!!!

09/28/2026

Little Skittle is officially a big boy c**n!! Up until this week, he was wild c**n all day long, but still slept in his purse at night. Now he’s just out in the big wide world and I am c**n door dash for breakfast and supper. I go down to the creek and call him and he comes out of whatever hidey hole he found. There will come a day when he doesn’t come when I call him, but for now, I’m so very happy to see his little self every day!!!

09/10/2026

Well, Skittle is the most unique little c**n I’ve ever raised. He’s been in my house about 6 weeks now (that’s about 168 bottles. Not that I’m counting….). Amazingly enough, Quinn, Minnow and Huckleberry (2 dogs and a cat) STILL have not figured out that there is a racc**n living in our house!

Best guess, he was 3 weeks old when he got here. So, he’s a little over 2 months old now.

I’ve never met a racc**n that wants to be wild as much as this one does. I think he’s too young to be on his own. But, he strongly disagrees!

I’m trying to keep him with me as long as I can. But, I have a feeling that this one will just take off when he wants to

09/02/2026

Skittle handled his first day of climbing a big tree like a total BOSS!!! Every little c**n I’ve ever raised climbs a tree for the first time exactly the same way. By instinct, they start climbing the second you turn them loose. They climb to the tippy top of the tree, then have a full on panic attack. They stay up there for an hour or so, screaming bloody murder. Then they finally figure out how to come down.

Not Skittle! He went straight to the top of the tree, whirled around and came straight back to the ground! Then he went up again and down again till he was exhausted. Pretty sure at one point, he yelled down at me “look mom, no hands”!!!

09/01/2026

I mentioned that Skittle absolutely hates his walks right now. We keep walking until he’s totally exhausted. By the time we get back to the truck, his nose is so out of joint with me, that he puts himself in his crate all by himself!!!! I swear, if he knew how to slam that top door behind him, he would totally do it, just to let me know how much he is NOT amused by all that unwanted walking!!😂

08/30/2026

Skittle is growing like a w**d!!!

We go for a walk every afternoon. He absolutely HATES it. He’s not big enough to have developed that racc**n sense of curiosity. He doesn’t care about grass, trees, water or bugs.

I set him on the ground and start walking as fast as I can walk. He starts chasing me as fast as he can run. He doesn’t look left or right. He is totally focused on trying to get hold of my ankle. If he gets any purchase, he climbs my leg like a spider monkey. I peel him off and we start again.

In this video, he’s getting tired. If I get far enough away that he loses me, he stops dead in his tracks. That trill sound he’s making is his “mama call”. As soon as I say his name, he comes running.

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12300 Ranch Road 1623
Blanco, TX
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