A Different Memorial Day Story

by | May 30, 2016 | Bright Lights

We attended the annual Memorial Day service at the old Bailey County Cemetery this morning, also visited family graves in Groom and Bovina, and saw the Thunderbirds Sunday at Cannon AFB, but I will share those stories with you next week. We saw something new to us...

Asplundh Trims the Trees

by | May 27, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool

Yesterday morning the doorbell rang at 7:45. It was Juan from Asplundh, the tree trimming company. Give us about two and half hours, he told me, and we will be back to trim your trees. I knew it was coming; just didn’t know when. So today was the day. Time to move...

Alice and Elaine Do The Hill Country

by | May 24, 2016 | Bright Lights

You may have read about my friend Elaine and I traveling to Charleston, South Carolina, last year (“Elaine and Alice Do Charleston,” November 24, 30, December 7, 11, 2015); this year’s trip was all over the Hill Country. And I do mean all over the Hill Country-and...

Cotyledon Staghorn

by | May 13, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool

I rescued this plant last year from one of the big box stores. Its pot had fallen over and the plant tumbled out, soil and all, and no one seemed the least bit concerned. I located the manager, played let’s make a deal, and took the plant home for next to nothing. The...