The Fat Time of the Year

The full moon is back, the temperature is going down to "cool" (at least for Laredoans) during the evening, and the night air is full of the aromas of newly opened spring flowers. To celebrate this glorious time of the year, the Texas environment will be the subject of a party next Friday night, April 25, 2008. GATORAIDE festivities will be back at the Laredo Community College Environmental Center. The Center is a jewel of the many historic sites on the L.C.C. campus. Though dating only to the early 1980's, the Center started as a historic U.S./Israel demonstration project to prove the applicability of "drip irrigation" techniques to farming in South Texas. The project also brought innovative buildings and Wind Power to the campus. The Environmental Center has developed into a show case for native animal and plant life, and features a nature trail through historic Fort McIntosh down to the Rio Grande and the border as it's been for centuries. By the way, there really are live "gators" also; so enjoy!

If you do nothing else this month, go outside after dark to enjoy the spectacular spring South Texas sky. The big dipper constellation does point to the Northern Star--in the direction of the snow still falling in Colorado.