A Mini-Movie Marathon

by | Nov 19, 2016 | Bright Lights

My friend Hellen took a road trip with me a couple of weekends ago. We spent Friday being led astray in San Antonio by a misbehaving GPS program while looking for a Toyota dealership, which the car GPS eventually found for us. So when we made it back to Marble Falls,...

Decorate Your Pumpkin with Succulents

by | Nov 15, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool

Now that it’s almost time to replace pumpkins with snowmen, I’m finally getting around to showing you a way to decorate that pumpkin before you toss it. Now it does help if you have a fairy tale or Cinderella pumpkin because they have a deeper well where the stem is,...

Veterans Day 2016

by | Nov 11, 2016 | Bright Lights

I did lose an uncle, but I am one of the fortunate ones: I lost no father, no son, daughter, no husband, and so far, no grandchild in any American war. I am also blessed to be an American. Nothing breaks my heart more than to see the headstones at a National Cemetery....

The Ariocarpus Do It Again

by | Nov 3, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool

I have shared these plants with you in the past, but some of you who are new to the blog might have missed them. They bloomed again the other day, and they are just so pretty, I though they were worth sharing again. This ariocarpus retusis is my best bloomer. The...