Tag Archives: weekend

Texas Frightmare Weekend 2012, Continued

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

More photos from Texas Frightmare Weekend 2012. As can be told, Frightmare has a lot more new and returning carnivorous plant enthusiasts than I realized. One person in particular struck a chord, because just about everyone who regularly goes to … Continue reading →

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Things to do in Dallas when you’re dead

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

A quick note due to various obligations, but let’s just say that the next few weeks promise a reprieve from winter blues if you live in the Dallas area. And if you don’t, what’s stopping you from moving in? Anyway, … Continue reading →

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Next season, on “The Texas Triffid Ranch”…

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

As of Saturday night, the official Triffid Ranch show season ended for the year. This doesn’t mean that individual events and opportunities won’t open up between now and December 31, or that folks in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex can’t order … Continue reading →

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Triffid Ranch events: MetroPCS Fair Park Holiday

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

For the most part, this weekend is the one I recommend as Dormancy Day for anyone keeping temperate-climate carnivorous plants in North Texas. Temperate carnivores, particularly Venus flytraps and Sarracenia pitcher plants, are already battening down for the winter, and … Continue reading →

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Discovery Days: Day Two

Posted on November 6, 2011 by

I’ll have pictures from this weekend’s Discovery Days: Discovering Reptiles & Other Critters event at the Museum of Nature & Science after we’re done, but now it’s time to go back. Saturday’s crowd was extremely impressive, with a lot of … Continue reading →

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Things to do in Dallas when you’re dead

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

The rest of October is going to be relatively quiet for the Triffid Ranch, but things start livening up in November. Specifically, four weeks from this coming Saturday, come out to the Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas’s Fair … Continue reading →

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Welcome back, my friends, to the show that must DIE NOW

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

In his classic novella “Frost and Fire,” Ray Bradbury described a world of horrible extremes between day and night. Nights were killing cold, and anything caught outside when the sun rose above the mountains burst into flame. The story itself … Continue reading →

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I’m living in my own private Tanelorn

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

A few extra observations for the weekend, because I’m getting paid by the pithy comment. (Go ahead and laugh. Eating fresh grass cuttings and bowls of hot bluejean soup on the front porch of a refrigerator box builds character.) Firstly, … Continue reading →

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Contest: Anyone want a free FenCon three-day pass?

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

Okay, so FenCon VIII is only 16 days away, and the Triffid Ranch booth in the dealer’s room should be quite full. At least, that’s the idea, and the variety of plants available depends upon whether or not our relative … Continue reading →

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July through October, in the heat

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

I know it doesn’t help, but I speak from experience. Earth hasn’t been launched into the sun, so things WILL cool off in the Northern Hemisphere. They’ll even cool off in Texas, as heretical the idea may seem. True, we … Continue reading →

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