Foothills Fancies

This past weekend brought the season's first snow to the Foothills Fancies homestead. We were not there to see it. After 36 years, w...

Something new in the fancy foothills world—now we have our own domain. (I probably shouldn't say "we," but I keep hoping some ...

Some of you may recall that the last week of the year was a crazy time in the old days, with role reversal and foolishness during the few da...

Thanks to the young women of Girl Scout Troop 2518 of Douglas County, and nudged forward by Rep. Carole Murray's rap performance , we ha...

We found three beautiful inches of snow on the yard and cars and everything else this morning. Lots of moisture in it too--I thought, mistak...

(Original title: The Grand Ladies of Blogging) I guess I woke up, too early, in a philosophical frame of mind this morning. Did you wond...

Friend Rick wrote to brag about his compass plant, Silphium terebinthium . "It topped out at about 9.5 feet this year. This is the most...

You'd hardly know it to look out the window, but somewhere in the world plants are blooming, spring is springing... and we are, after a ...

At 5:30 last night: And this morning, 7 a.m. Thinking of going somewhere? Coffee on the patio, perhaps? 'Nuf said!

We drove out yesterday to look at pretty snow and rocks, and I had an encounter with a plant that was at least green! (An accomplishment at ...

Yesterday... Today... "We heard the lilacs needed pruning!" Introductions? That's Heir Apparent (aka Son-of-F...

While compiling the Berry-Go-Round collection last week, I got to spend some time with an "old friend," which is to say, Laurent, ...

Here we are: February's issue of the Berry-Go-Round plant blogging carnival has reached your mailbox. What is a carnival? Hollis will c...

Lioness and Guardian stopped by the other day to pick up a large night-blooming Cereus in need of a good home. Somehow the conversation turn...

A co-worker and I were debating this year's coming drought the other day, especially relative to its effects on grass and therefore la...

Good morning, all. Today is the deadline for submissions to this month's Berry-Go-Round , our carnival for plant bloggers everywhere! If...

That's right! This month's Berry-Go-Round will be hosted here at Foothills Fancies , which itself is experiencing a bit of release f...

Update : This post belatedly submitted to Mixology Monday , the Witches' Garden edition, to be hosted at Cardiff Cocktails after May 20...

(Well, except for the turkeys, who are too tasty for their own good.) We try to take care of our local critters year-round, but we do extr...

When anything under 90 degrees (32 C) feels cool, you know you've been IN it. Two of the last three days set records; the third, yesterd...