Day - 22 Things are bloomin' in Rising Star

I have no idea how many times I have traveled the roads between Belton and Haskell and back but hundreds, perhaps thousands!  So it is pretty hard to figure out a first when cruisin' a highway you can almost drive in your sleep.  So today I was half way to Haskell, going in to Rising Star and decided to drop in to a nursery that I drive by each way on Highway 36 between Comanche and Rising Star where I generally turn and go to Cisco, Albany and on to Haskell.  This was an impressive nursery with acres of beautiful flowering plants, trees, gifts, canned goods, and farmer's market vegetables.  All the plants were gorgeous and lush and healthy--something I'm not used to since the ones at my house never have those traits!  So I bought hollyhocks which I have never had but was told they attract hummingbirds and run off mesquitoes--double whammy!  So if you ever find yourself wandering around down Hwy 36 around Rising Star, be sure to stop in--it is a beautiful place.  (I also loved the warning about the speed trap on their sign!)