by Alice Liles | Jan 29, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
If you travel U.S. highway 67 between San Angelo and Ballinger, you will pass CactusTown, a nifty combination cactus/succulent/ drought-tolerant shrubs and trees/rusty junk/antiques/Western artifacts shopping bonanza location for those of you interested in...
by Alice Liles | Jan 26, 2016 | Bright Lights
My posse is grieving the loss of our smallest member. Peaches died in my arms Saturday morning. Peaches was the most head-strong, independent, fearless little cat you would ever want to meet. From the day she showed up in the yard and announced herself to Bill and his...
by Alice Liles | Jan 24, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
I am still learning to identify pachyphytums from other succulents, and I am still not sure I am right every time. I bought this one back in the days when I didn’t bother to keep the ID tag, so I had to do a little investigating to come up with a name. I think it is...
by Alice Liles | Jan 18, 2016 | Bright Lights
Celebrities have nothin’ on me. I am escorted everywhere I go by my posse. Mari, Porche, and Peaches are there -whether I need them or not. Mari has been my constant companion ever since she broke out of Caroline and Colten’s fence one day after joining the family and...
by Alice Liles | Jan 16, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
Curcurbitaceae xerosicyos danguyi. Right. I’m not sure how to pronounce it, either! So I suppose we could take the easy way out and call it silver dollar plant, or dollar vine, or penny plant, names it is also known by. I think dollar vine best describes it. Round...
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