Keith, Live and learn. Thanks for the information on the origin of tumbleweeds. Perhaps they were made famous by B-Western movies, but in my memory by the “Sons of the Pioneers” in the song “Tumbling Tumbleweeds.” When I was a…
Month: September 2008
Lycoris Radiata getting ready to bloom
These Red Spider lilies normally bloom about two weeks later than the Oxblood lilies (Rhodophiala bifida). Not really sure what country the spider lilies originally came from but the Oxblood lilies were native to South America and came from the…
Oxblood/Hurricane lilies in bloom today
Rain is coming in showers and bands here this morning. Even though these photos were taken two hours after sunrise it is still so dark because of the cloud cover that I had to use a flash. I call these…
natural gas line from Houston Tx to New Jersey
Sorry to be off the topic of daffodils again but some people don’t believe that we can pump gasoline and Natural gas the 1,600 miles from Texas to New Jersey. Mt. Pleasant already has one of these natural gas pipe…
Hurricane Ike
Keith Kridler Mt. Pleasant, Texas Mt. Pleasant is 350 miles north of Houston/Galveston and yesterday nearly all of the local churches were filling up with evacuees that could not fit into our Civic Center. The main room will seat 1,800…
Unnamed Blooms
Perhaps this controversial subject is worth reviewing at the upcoming ADS Board meeting. Quite a lot of heat has been generated thus far, but in my opinion not much light. I’d not like to see judges having to go around…