Vicki Baker As the days of summer faded away and cooler weather set in, the gardens at the Dallas Arboretum were transformed with wonderful fall colors of deep red, yellow, purple and orange. The moment Road Runners stepped into the botanical garden we knew we were in for a treat in this breathtaking location. The…
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
Road Runners savor fall splendor at the Dallas Aboretum
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
Master Gardener visits the Women’s Club
Tanya Jones Robson Ranch’s 457 member Women’s Club had one of its favorites at its October monthly lunch: Ty Pointer, manager of Calloway’s Nursery in Flower Mound, a Master Gardener and a frequent and always welcome speaker at the Women’s Club. Mr. Pointer filled the stage with plants that do well in the Texas fall…
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
Meet the Cascade Gals of Robson Ranch
Neighbors are a precious, important, powerful part of our lives. We don’t always utilize them for our good, and that may be because we don’t know them well enough. The “Cascade Gals” is a group of women that live on Cascade Drive (some are married, some single) at Robson Ranch in Denton, Texas. We have…
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
Writers’ Guild Tip – Use your personal experience to write
Jackie Moore Using your personal experience to write lends authenticity to your work and lets people identify with that experience in a unique way. Have you experienced something unusual? Suffered a trauma? Write about it in a memoir, non-fiction book or fiction book so others can learn from your experience! My novel, A Diplomatic Death by…
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
Birding Interest Group
The Robson Ranch birders are beginning to enjoy the fall migration of northern birds that are passing through our area on their way south. Some of these birds have started south from Alaska and far north Canada. Many of these traveling birds have destinations in South America. In late August the Savannah Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows…
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
Garden Club visits Henrietta Creek Apple Orchard
Barbara Anderson The Robson Ranch Garden Club enjoyed a beautiful morning on Monday, October 17, at Henrietta Creek Apple Orchard in Roanoke, TX. Comfortable temperatures and a nice cloud cover enhanced the incredible colors of flowers galore. We learned that “if you plant them, they will come.” Plant Zinnias and Gregg’s Mistflower and Monarch butterflies…