From Rebecca Joy: There have been several defining moments over the course of my life, but few of them compare to the day I met Chris, The Bulb Hunter. Little did I know the whirlwind of activity that would follow our blind date in April of 2009. From the first time my sister, Amy, saw [...]

Perhaps as old as Cain and Abel is a woman’s need to install contact paper in cabinets. I never quite understood this before, but after Rebecca completed this task, the results were remarkable. When you live in a fifty plus year old cabin, the dust, and critters are very difficult to control. Contact paper does [...]

Even after a long, busy day yesterday, we still found the energy to harvest these crinum blooms. The stink bugs were having a hay day crawling over every inch of the stems. Rebecca made sure that I shook the flowers clean before bringing the blooms into the car. Dinner didn’t happen until after eight in [...]

Insomnia is rarely a problem here at the Red Cabin because there is never a dull moment and always something to do. Rebecca was thrilled to have the shelving system completed yesterday. Used scraps of lumber found on the farm and scavenged from my brother’s home in Tyler. This little guy was working hard alongside [...]

Immobilized this morning by a down phone line and consequently no internet, I began the task of designing a shelving system. Rebecca seemed a little too happy about the lack of internet. She seized the opportunity to get more of my help in setting up the Red Cabin. We need to create shelves for three [...]

Rebecca and I spent our first official night in cabin. I also had my first full hot shower in the cabin EVER. We are still existing with no internet after the many renovations. I’m running around Tyler and preparing Crinum bulbs tonight. We’re going by Home Depot later this week to pick up robin egg [...]