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Every Spring our Sunday School class takes over an entire B&B somewhere out of town and goes on vacation together for a weekend. This year we chose Fredericksburg as our destination. We stayed at a place in the country a little ways out of town, which was a good thing because the little […]

Over the weekend I was startled by a loud “clacking” sound and turned around to see a road runner in the driveway. He seemed unperturbed by my presence. This is the bird we grew up watching in cartoons going “beep beep,” while being chased by a coyote.
According to what I […]

The yard has never appeared more lush and colorful than it has this last week. In the front yard especially the roses have never been more abundant and all the irises are blooming at once. In between are purple salvias, pink salvias and bright red Texas betony. It […]

White is elegant and the blues and yellows are always attractive, but my favorites are the red and brown irises.