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
The decomposers have their work cut out for them. More from Saturday tomorrow. Wildfire ash causes oceanic marine life to grow and thrive Giant Algae Made of Just One Cell Have a Clever Way of Knowing The Time Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more…
The ravines give a glimpse of what goes on beneath our feet. Maybe that is why I am so enthralled with them. More tomorrow, but not from a ravine. Some of you know that I have been working on the printed second edition of North Central Texas Wildflowers. FYI it will go live in eight…
Well, the start of weather this morning might have seemed like a dreary lifeless day ahead, but it definitely was not. Moreover that would be impossible when you head to the grasslands as Jeanne and I did today. 🙂 So as you might guess I have a few pictures to go through. So of course…
It always amazes me the things you can find in just a few hours! It had been a delightful couple of hours! New Study: The Ocean Is Emitting Millions of Pounds of Plastic Into the Atmosphere One Great Shot: Herculean Hurdles for Tiny Turtles Headless animals manage to learn without ever having a brain Check…
While out on Tuesday at the grasslands I came across several nice specimens of fungi! Perhaps more will sprout up after today’s damp day?? Fingers crossed. ‘Emotional’ Elephants Smashed a Car to Protect One of Their Babies Headless animals manage to learn without ever having a brain Scientists Discover Genes That Turn a Peaceful Fungus…
So after working on the computer yesterday morning, I needed my afternoon fix of sunshine time. So I headed to the grasslands. 🙂 I am certainly looking forward to the winter season of lichens, mosses and all the treasures that nature has to offer! World-First Footage Shows Dolphins Pulling Off a Clever Bait Heist Mystery…
I am almost sure all of you know how vital nature is to our mental health. In fact some doctors are prescribing nature to their patients. Get out and move another study says. Really hope none of them hit a rock, eh. A fine cold Sunday was perfect for a visit to Hagerman! “Mummified” Bees…
That was the temperature this morning at our house. And that can only mean one thing… So I wonder with the 24F this morning if tomorrow will bring a lot of leaf dropping? Time will tell, eh. 😉 Female Rangers ‘Don’t Go All Alpha Like the Men’ to Protect a Forest Momentous Discovery Shows Neanderthals…
The noun encore; a repeated or additional performance of an item at the end of a concert or act, as called for by an audience. If you read yesterday’s comments there was a question about an encore. Well, it just so happens there is. LOL And there I was sitting watching and waiting for something…
A stinkhorn (Phallus) started to push it way out of the hard packed soil in the path near the house. Jim spotted it. Hence being close to the house it was the perfect opportunity! Yes a time lapse movie that covered ten hours of the day! 🙂 Don’t worry the movie is only 39 seconds….