• Fort Davis,  Products,  Shop Local

    Essential Aromatics

    Over the Rainbow Texas

    It always makes me feel good when customers come into the shop and immediately ask what ‘smells so good?‘ Truth is, there are all sorts of great smelling goodies at Somewhere Over the Rainbow.  We carry a wide selection of incense, resins, candles, room and linen sprays, and the very versatile, Essential Oil. And this is the main reason the shop always smells (and I think, Feels as well, so Good). I have a diffuser that I use daily, choosing the Oil not only to smell good, but often to address our moods or how we’re…

  • Fort Davis,  Gallery,  Neighbors,  Shop Local

    Go WEST

    Go WEST

    Here’s another post featuring a nearby #Small Business that we at Somewhere Over the Rainbow loves.  WEST is amazing! An Antique and Vintage shop just packed with trinkets, treasures and the unexpected. It’s every bit as offbeat and eclectic (maybe even more so ;-))  as we are and so much fun to visit. I could spend hours and still not take it all in. Join me today for a pictorial tour that doesn’t even begin to show you all there is to see at WEST. The Guadalupan Lady WEST. Fort Davis Located in the heart…

  • Fort Davis,  Life,  West Texas

    Just West of the Rainbow

    Just West

    Seeing Past the Fear We come into Spring in West Texas, an unsettled time of year at best, in the midst of yet another unsettled situation. These last few years have wore on everyone— from Corona Virus or Covid, to an election that threatened to tear this country apart, and now a War half-way around the world— this country (and so many others) are stressed and divided beyond anything in recent history. I have thought deeply about this of late, and I am saddened that during a period when it seems that people should be…

  • Events,  Fort Davis,  West Texas

    Spring Break in Fort Davis TX

    Spring Break in Fort Davis TX

    March (Spring Break) Events in Fort Davis Old Overland Trail Museum Reopening 3-3-2022 Texas Trail Tamers at CDRI 3-6-2022 through 3-12-2022 CDRI Cactus and Succulent Sale 3-14-2022 through 3-16 Old Spanish Trail Centennial+2 Celebration 3-26-2022 (Fort Davis) Southwest 100 Ultra Expeditions Eco Series- Mountains 3-26/27-22 Details There’s a lot going on all over West Texas with the coming of Spring, and the arrival of not only the season, but our first major ingress of tourists and visitors of the year. These are just a few local events we can look forward to this month. New…

  • Fort Davis,  Shop Local,  West Texas

    What’s Behind the Curtain

    Store Front

    As of this weekend (Mid-February…) we have officially been open for business nine months. I’ll admit that it has not been without its ups and downs. There are days when business is so good that our optimism soars.  And then there are those others that pass with not a single customer coming through the door.  When that happens, the mood tends to shift into unwelcome channels of “what if?” I Wrote the first version of this post last summer after being open for only a couple of months. A lot has changed in the interim,…

  • Events,  Fort Davis,  Shop Local

    Merry Christmas To ALL

    Merry Christmas

    And an Amazing Holiday Weekend As Well We are here today, December 23rd all day and until 2:00pm tomorrow, Christmas Eve for your last minute shopping. Stop by and visit. Everything in the store is 20% Off today and tomorrow. We hope you all have a splendid, happy, healthy and abundant holiday. We will be closed both Saturday and Sunday in observance of Christmas. We look forward to seeing you next week.

  • Events,  Fort Davis,  Shop Local,  West Texas

    Ghosts, Goblins and Halloween Haunts

    I can’t believe we’re 3/4s of the way through October already. Is everyone ready for Halloween? If not, we’ve got some unique and awesome decorations and party-ware in stock for the holiday. Still a few cute items if you’re putting together a costume also. We’re open every day but Wednesday. Stop by and say Hey! https://www.overtherainbowtx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/OvertheRainBat.mp4 Wear a Costume & Save We’ve been super busy at the shop, adding all sorts of new items, vintage and new, and getting ready for the holidays— from Halloween through Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. It seems that once…

  • Fort Davis,  Life,  Shop Local,  West Texas

    So Where’s Downtown?

    View of Fort Davis

    Downtown★ Uptown★ Midtown★ In a Small Town This post is at least partly by way of continuing my whine about all the attention that goes to one end of Fort Davis, often at the expense of the remainder of this sweet West Texas town. Granted, with some few (and Notable) exceptions most of the Business District is clustered around TX Hwy 118, or State Street, once you’re in Fort Davis.  The Business District in Fort Davis actually stretches from the two junctions of highways 118 and 17 at either end, and in reality, a bit…