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The latest estimates put it at 20,000 plus in Dallas and Collin Counties. That would include our Executive Editor, Joanna England, and frequent contributor Karen Eubank, both of whom live in East Dallas. Jo has been texting me since her house went cold Friday. She says “this photo is two streets over from me. We…
Of course they did not, but the complete transformation of the Hilton Anatole Hotel into the Big Apple Saturday night was very, very real as more than 1500 attendees slogged and slid through icy Dallas roads, braving freezing temperatures, to attend the most highly anticipated Dallas social event of the year. The 2013 Crystal Charity Ball was…
This is the sad news about trees during a Texas ice storm: some of them cannot handle the weight of the ice. I went out to try and save this little Weeping Willow tree, thinking maybe I could plug in a hairdryer and melt the ice, but I think I would need one the size…
Icemageddon 2013 has left around 240,000 people without power, according to Oncor. The largest numbers of outages are concentrated in Dallas and Collin Counties, they said. And a large number of people in Tarrant, Denton, Ellis and Kaufman counties also do not have power. Freezing rain turned to ice overnight, accumulating on tree limbs and…
With “Icemaggedon” hitting soon, and the cold weather officially upon us, it’s time to keep an eye out on protecting your plants from the freezing temperatures. We’ve asked noted landscape architect, Harold Leidner, to provide some insight and suggestions for protecting those plants from the cold temperatures. Freeze Protection Methods One of the essential freeze protection…
Update: the ABPA Home for the Holidays Tour was cancelled. Stay tuned for any updates here at CandysDirt.com Wouldn’t it be great if the homes for tomorrow’s tours looked like that? Still, we all need to plan for the weather, whether it turns out to be nasty or nice. If you’ve got tickets to either…
