by Alice Liles | Aug 23, 2016 | Bright Lights
Bill and I took a little trip to Colorado Springs to escape the heat and just be tourists for a few days. Pikes Peak and the Garden of the Gods were what we had in mind to see, but we stumbled upon some other trip-worthy stops along the way. We drove north through the...
by Alice Liles | Aug 19, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
You may not have a cactus garden, but you might be wanting to do more xeriscaping in your garden, and if so, you might consider adding some Mexican feather grass, also called silky thread grass. I started out with some of this grass in a bed between the house and the...
by Alice Liles | Aug 14, 2016 | Bright Lights
It always happens that when we lose a cat, fate seems to send us another. You might recall we recently lost three cats within four months of each other and were down to two. In January Siam came to live with us. The other day Bill told me we had a cat hanging around...
by Alice Liles | Aug 12, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
Back before Bill created the grain elevator, I came up with the bright idea that we could throw together some birdhouses for the cactus garden. When I would see them for sale, all cute and little and rustic and decorated, upon closer inspection I would notice they...
by Alice Liles | Aug 8, 2016 | Bright Lights
These days the world is not always a safe place, even for those people we entrust to keep us safe. To recognize and honor those individuals whose job it is to keep the peace and be present in time of crisis, the Bailey County Ministerial Alliance sponsored a community...
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