Sherry and I spent the weekend in Austin with Donna (I had a board meeting to attend with TAM part of the time).

During our weekend there, Donna and I took a walk in an older neighborhood near downtown. We noticed how well manicured the lawns were, except for one. I made the comment that "I bet that house was not a popular one in the neighborhood" and Donna said "Yeah, I wouldn't want to live near that house."

Upon further examination, we noticed that the homeowner was out working in this yard that appeared overgrown and mish-mashed.

Now, I'm reflecting back that this yard, although not the well-manicured, St. Augustine grass, monkey-grassed, hedges-neatly-trimmed yard as others in the neighborhood, was probably representative of native Austin.

Yes, this yard *was* Austin.