Rainbows, Hailstorms, and Cactus Flowers

I left Tuesday, September 17, for Edgewood, New Mexico, to give a cactus talk to the Santa Fe Cactus and Succulent Club. I stayed with Woody and Kathy Minnich at their home in Edgewood. Woody is an expert in the cactus world and grows and sells all kinds of cacti and...

The Hail Storm

Sunday night we were given that trite weather report that we might experience golf-ball sized hail and high winds. We have had hail, but this time the weather gods really did send us Golf-Ball Sized Hail ! The wind blew the hail in a nearly horizontal line out of the...