by Alice Liles | Jun 19, 2019 | Cactus Are Cool
Well, not exactly. More like a hint of a creek or spring. I had a dry creek bed of gray/white rocks from Coleman, Texas, in my cactus garden. I had been reasonable happy with it all these years until I was inspired to do something different when I saw my friend...
by Alice Liles | Jun 14, 2019 | Bright Lights
I shared with you my visit to Churchill Downs before the Kentucky Derby ran back in May. But we had two other days filled with trips to see more events and locations specific to Kentucky. The first day of my trip with friend Elaine to Kentucky was visiting a bourbon...
by Alice Liles | Jun 9, 2019 | Cactus Are Cool
On May third I took a picture of this group of echinocereus reichenbachii, lace cactus. I counted fifty buds, more or less, at this time. But it’s hard to do! I may have counted a few more than once, and one or two might not have opened, or opened early by themselves...
by Alice Liles | May 30, 2019 | Bright Lights
Ellis Funeral Home may have turned sixty this year, but its real history started in 1939 when Frank Harrison Ellis, Sr., died, and Frank, Jr., the oldest of the family’s three children was hired by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home in Amarillo so he could help out with...
by Alice Liles | May 27, 2019 | Bright Lights
It used to be called Decoration Day, but Memorial Day is still a day of remembering and honoring those who served our country as a member of our armed forces. Every Memorial Day since 1998, the Bailey County Cemetery Board has organized a service to do just that at...
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