Fallen Bouquets

Fallen agave stalk and fallen tree
West Odessa, Texas

Random Happy Little Bits

Movie: Rapa Nui
Place: Easter Island
Admire: natural adornments

Weedy Alley Trees

"Weedy Alley Trees"
West Odessa, Texas

All this week on Creative Roundtable, we'll be posting a very interesting series called "Thinking Outside the Toolbox." We've collected stories by various contributors who tell about an Aha! moment when they used an unusual tool or used a tool in a not usual way.

Look for the first installment in that series late in the day today.

A Touch of Tree Frost

"A Touch of Tree Frost" 1, 2
January 4, 2010
My Home, West Odessa, Texas

Frost on my Afghan Pine (Pinus eldarica) and on the branches of a neighbor's Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis). Both trees are very drought tolerant and the willow is native to Texas. The Afghan pine was my little living Christmas tree in 2001, decorated with nothing but red cayenne peppers from my garden. Now it's all grown up, a real outside tree.