• Events,  Life,  Shop Local

    Happy Birthday to…

    SOTR First Birthday

    Somewhere Over the Rainbow The long and short of it is that I’m not sure if it feels like a year since we launched this small Shop on the Edge of Eternity or not. Some months have trickled by like a dried up desert spring, and others have rushed by like the water down State Street after one of our monsoonal downpours.  (Yes, we think about Water a lot out here.)  However it might feel to me, a year has wound passed since we opened the store. The Official Birthday is March 18th (Wednesday; the…

  • Products

    Flower Essences

    Sacred Datura

    Product Spotlight We describe our shop as being filled with eclectic gifts and sundries. As we approach our first anniversary at Somewhere Over the Rainbow, I want to begin introducing you, our customers and others who are interested, to some of these fine and fun sundries we stock in our store.  Feel free to let me know what you like, and what you would like to see more of, or even to suggest something I haven’t though of yet… Desert Flower Essences Flower Essences, or Remedies, are infusions made from the flowering portions of plants.…

  • Life,  West Texas

    Let’s Go Outside

    Hwy 118

    Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt. John Muir It’s Spring in West Texas As I write this, it is April and we have weeks of Springtime ahead of us still. The weather remains unsettled, see-sawing  back and forth between oh so chilly and almost summer-like warmth— between the sublime of perfect sundrenched days, and into a windswept dustbowl that tears the eyes, can chill to the bone, and paints everything in shades of dun and brown. But ahh, those days that tell of the warmer…

  • 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

    Counting Down to Christmas

    Countdown to Christmas

    We’re super excited and well stocked for the Holiday Season. To help with the Celebration we’re offering a different store discount every day leading up to Christmas. It’s our version of the Advent Calendar, with a new sale for each day. What a lot of fun. The store is decked out for Christmas. We’ve got heaps of ornaments and decorations both gently used and new, lots of them vintage treasures. We have gift wrap, cards and holiday themed party ware. And, our regular stock of gifts and eclectically inclined home goods. From graphic tees to…

  • 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…