Tradescantia Navicularis

I found this little plant on the cactus and succulent table at a nursery in Santa Fe in 2008. Interesting little plant, sort of a vine, so I bought it. Then it bloomed this pretty little flower. The plant has bloomed every year, and I thought it would be a good plant...

Elaine and Alice Do Charleston

It was time for good friend Elaine and I to take our annual road trip. Well, sort of annual; we fit in a trip when we can so that the last time we see each other won’t be at one of our funerals. The destination this past summer was Charleston, South Carolina. We met...

Fat Plants Pachypodium Lealii and P. Baronii

I believe I have reported on these fat plants before, but they are worth another story for some of you new readers- or to review for old readers! This is the time of the year when pachypodiums do their blooming, since their native lands are around or below the...

Sophie the Sofa Cat, 2002– 2015

We lost Sophie the other day. She had been a part of our family since 2002, an even-tempered, soft-spoken, really sweet cat with a short tail and a coat of silky long hair that in some places was at least three inches long, maybe four! Sophie came to live with us...