Mesquite Trees and Wildflowers

by | Apr 11, 2016 | Bright Lights

Every year about this time the wildflowers come out in the Hill Country, and every year I tell myself I have enough bluebonnet and paint brush pictures. Every year the little devils seduce me once again, and I take yet more pictures. But this year I think I took as...

Dyckia Frazzle Dazzle

by | Apr 9, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool

Dyckias are actually bromeliads, but because they have a tendency to collect water in complex ways and many thrive in arid regions like cactus and succulents do, people who like those plants tend to like bromeliads, too, and both kinds of plants are many times grouped...

Painting is Therapy

by | Apr 7, 2016 | Bright Lights

We decided to sell our rent house, the one we bought and fixed up for Caroline and Colten when they moved back to Muleshoe. They didn’t live in it very long; Neil came along, swept her off her feet and whisked her off to Clovis. And that’s a good thing, but it left us...

Wyoming Cactus Do It Again

by | Apr 5, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool

I’m sure I have shared pictures of these cactus with you before, but they are always the first cactus to bloom outdoors, and they always put on a show. This year was no different. So they deserve to be recognized once again. Other cactus grown in Wyoming, and I have a...