Excellent Cook Nancy first sent me information about Texas Tulips – The First Blooming Tulip Field in Texas.  Then there was a segment on WFAA about the Texas Tulips.  That was it.  I wanted to visit Texas Tulips. This seemed like the perfect outing for Lanabird.  Plus it gave us a reason to have an outing […]

Spring has been a long time coming this year, but a visit to the Dallas Arboretum for 2015’s version of Dallas Blooms can certainly make one know that spring has arrived. Gorgeous tulips line the walkways.  The tram driver told me that 500,000 bulbs were planted this year, and they are all new bulbs. Visiting the […]

For the Easter table, I bought tulips at Krogers.  Honestly, I was surprised to find them late on the Saturday night before Easter, but there they were in all their glory, and I thought them beautiful. On Easter Sunday, the gorgeous blooms created a cheerful table, but shortly thereafter, the blooms began to droop.  Maybe […]

It is officially spring in Dallas, Texas.  How do I know?  Dallas Blooms opened at the Dallas Arboretum on March 2, 2013.  Super Sister is in town, and first on our agenda was a visit the Arboretum.  Sweet Mother of Pearl.  How I love visiting the Dallas Arboretum.  It is pure joy. As we entered […]