by Alice Liles | Aug 27, 2015 | Bright Lights
Every summer KCBD-TV out of Lubbock does something they call their Community Coverage Tour, which involves traveling to some of the surrounding towns in their viewing area and broadcasting the 6 and 10 o’clock news segments from a popular location within each town...
by Alice Liles | Aug 1, 2015 | Cactus Are Cool
One of my first really spectacular succulents was an aeonium. I think it was an aeonium sunburst. It grew tall and the rosette was about the size of a dinner plate. I never measured it, but it really was that big. Just a beautiful plant. Then it bloomed. And then it...
by Alice Liles | Jul 24, 2015 | Bright Lights
When I stopped to pick up the two pistols that David Wyer had repaired and cleaned for Bill, I was amazed and fascinated as I walked into the old, nondescript building with the capital W on the outside front wall. I caught Dr. Wyer working at one of the many machines...
by Alice Liles | Jul 2, 2015 | Blooming Now, Huernia Zebrina de Marco
I have been looking for more stapeliads and huernias to add to my collection because of their striking flowers with their intricate designs and wonderful colors. I was finally at the right place at the right time the other day and came across this huernia zebrina de...
by Alice Liles | Jun 24, 2015 | Blooming Now, Yuccas
In West Texas and the Hill Country, Spring does bring on wildflowers, but it also blesses us with yucca blooms. Bear grass, they call it here, but yucca is what it is. I don’t know the exact variety, and there are many, but it grows wild here, and if left to its...
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