Bluebonnets, Paintbrushes, Mesquite Trees-Oh My!
It just so happened that the same weekend I planned to participate in the Hill Country Lawn and Garden Show in Burnet, the Hill Country came alive with color, blue and red with a touch of white and yellow, all against the bright lime green of fresh grass and budding...
Echinocereus Pentalophus; An Overlooked Beauty
Walked into the greenhouse last week and was greeted by this great big pink flower. So of course I gathered it up and took it outside for a better picture. Echinocereus pentalophus is, like all cactus, native to the Americas and found in northeastern...
Muleshoe’s First Female Pastor
In 2012 our Methodist church made history. Well, our new pastor, Mindy McLanahan, did when she became the first female pastor in our little town. The chance to break that particular glass ceiling was a long time coming, but dealing with the ceiling wasn’t necessarily...
Kalanchoe Blossfeldiana Does it Again
I know I have shared these colorful plants with you before, but they just outdid themselves this year, so I had no choice-had to sing their praises again. Kalanchoe blossfeldiana is native to Madagascar and is what’s known as a glabrous succulent; that is, it has a...
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