Welcome to my nature blog! I love sharing my photos of North Texas! I will keep looking out and hope you do too.
Comments welcome. Thank you, Mary
Every time I go outside, I am greeted by friends both old and new! Indeed you are never alone in nature! Solar superstorm in 664 BCE recorded in tree rings The Rise of The Dinosaurs Can Be Tracked in Their Fossilized Poop Easing the Biodiversity Crisis One Flowerpot at a Time Keep looking! The more…
Ok, black Friday is over. Take a breath. Now get out there and renew your spirit! Tuesday’s outing continues… Fowl Play: How Wild Turkeys Are Outsmarting Hunters New Research Explains How Children Learned for 99% of Human History Interstellar dreams: Bat blood may enable human hibernation for long space travels World’s oldest lizard wins fossil…
So what did you do today on Indigenous Peoples’ Day? Go shopping (it is Black Friday) or take a walk? You know what I did. 🙂 Additionally at our house we gathered with friends and family. Now to continue on with the outing on Tuesday the 26th. The Myths of the Thanksgiving Story and the…
A day to give thanks to our beautiful earth for providing us with so much! Perhaps it also should be a day to reflect on giving back. And thank you to our families and friends. Hope you had plenty to eat. Maybe you will need some nature time to walk off that turkey and pie?…
Yesterday (Tuesday 26th) was a bit on the chilly side. At our house the low was 30F. And I forgot to check the frostweed. 🤷🏻♀️ Meeting up with Jeanne, we headed to the grasslands. And we took our handwarmers with us. However by the time we got out there it was in the 40’s. We…
The recent days have been absolute perfect. Well, yesterday (25th) was a bit chilly, but that’s ok. Then you just appreciate the sunshine more right? An update from Colors Inside puffball that I had cut a wedge into. It produced and lives on! Yeah! After More Than a Century of Conservation Efforts, Why Can’t We…
At this point in the dry creek bed we were pretty much sticking together with Dale leading the way. He and Jeanne would call out each time they found another moss for collection. Indeed it was a great day for hunting bryophytes! Furthermore I would even say perfect weather on Wednesday (20th) for just about…
We were headed down hill where the owner had told us there was dry creek. What can I say… Are plants intelligent? It seems to depend on how you define it A heart-shaped mollusc shell’s striations resemble fiber optic cables Little Books with Big Subjects Gift ideas for the youngsters in your life. Keep looking!…
Indeed it was a busy week for me with two field adventures. Both were new places for me. The first one was the Stewart Ranch. And I can’t wait to go back in the future. The second trip was to another private property in Grayson County on Wednesday. So the Grayson County adventure starts here….
After looking at the mosses on the sandstone rocks, Jennifer headed us up to the top of a hill where the soil was now limestone based. Thank you Jeff for the invite! It had been a wonderful day exploring the Stewart Ranch. And thank you Jennifer for having us! Diversifying Our Prairie Icons Grass evolution…