The Visit to Churchill Downs

For the annual trip with Elaine this year, it was my turn to pick our destination. My choice was to go see all the pretty horses in Kentucky. So off we went to Lexington with a side trip to Louisville for a tour of Churchill Downs, a very generous birthday gift from...

Tara, Faith, and the Boston Marathon

The 123rd running of the Boston Marathon took place Monday, April 15th, 2019. Tara Carr completed the 26.2 miles in 2 hours, 58 minutes, 35 seconds, a personal best for her. She placed 128th in her women’s 18-39 age group division, 144th in the women’s division,  and...

Pretty in Pink

I was knocked out by all the pink that greeted me in the greenhouse this week. Pink is not unusual in cactus blooms; my Wyoming pediocactus are an early pink display, the outside cactus garden is splattered with pink in May from the echinocereus reichenbachii blooms,...