Business here in Nashville, TN today and happened to walk by the home of country music-Ryman Auditorium! Sat in the hotel next to Marge from Tennessee, who’s family was all “born, bred, and dead” in the state.” Between the two of us, we solved all of life’s social problems!

Cold Originally uploaded by Bulb Hunter A cold winter day at the farm.

Everyone’s talking about the snow, so I thought I’d add a few snowflakes to the mix. http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=63961 These are the heirloom flower bulb Leucojum aestivum, commonly called “snowflakes!”

Between Houston and Austin lies the gently rolling hills of historic (meaning 150 years old in Texas) Washington County. It was through here that I drove yesterday, needing to find a gift for someone in Austin. I had no gift, so at an old 1890′s cottage, I asked the owner if I might borrow some [...]

Again, only in Houston can you have a muggy hot day in the middle of December in the morning–followed by a thunder storm and almost freezing temperatures. It is snowing in Austin right now.

Only in Houston can you have such a muggy, warm day in the middle of December! I am at the warehouse cleaning up the rest of the bulbs. We are beginning to harvest our elephant ears. Why no new pictures you might ask? That is because the $1400 replacement camera has something broken internally and [...]

Apparently my health was hanging on by a thread. The thread snapped when I decided to join my brother, John, as he flew a Delta 767 overseas to Hungary. It was suggested that I title this blog “48 Hours in Budapest,” and maybe I should have because that is all it took to bring out [...]