by Alice Liles | Oct 30, 2015 | Cactus Are Cool
I have written about ariocarpus before, but it has been a while, so some of you may not be familiar with this plant. Fall is their blooming season, as you can see here. Ariocarpus retusus is not a plant you will find at the big box stores, but it is worth...
by Alice Liles | Oct 27, 2015 | Bright Lights
We arose bright and early to catch the train at Penn Station. At 5:30 in the morning is about the only time you will see Times Square this empty. We took a cab to Penn Station where we found plenty of people. We had breakfast while waiting and watching the...
by Alice Liles | Oct 24, 2015 | Cactus Are Cool
My cactus garden is over 20 years old and needs renovation from time to time. One path through the garden had become cluttered and hard to navigate, so the time had come to fix it. These pictures show the path in question. The flat rocks are supposed to mark the way,...
by Alice Liles | Oct 19, 2015 | Bright Lights
Day 2 started with the breakfast at Junior’s that I mentioned before. And by the way, you can tell I don’t frequent McDonald’s very often-I stand corrected as to the proper spelling! But I digress. As the day started, we passed an intersection complete with a NYC...
by Alice Liles | Oct 17, 2015 | Cactus Are Cool
I have become a fan of stapeliads and bought one I don’t have the other day at the Living Desert in Spicewood. It was not identified, which is not uncommon because there are so many very similar varieties. As luck would have it, i was blessed with blooms right after I...
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