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
Today, I will share two things I brought home for a closer look. Lastly, I just want to say, it was cold today! Then again, guess it could have been worse. The Bug That Saved California See the Bizarre Fruiting Bodies of Slime Molds Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and…
As Gracie and I continued on the Tuesday outing, I dropped to my knees for the closeups. No need to go far to find awesome stuff. A Weed is But an Unloved Flower Scientists Pull Animal DNA Out of Thin Air Thanks Judy! How Five Hibernators Chill Out During Winter Keep looking! The more you…
Yesterday (Tuesday), we had a cold start to the day plus it was windy unlike the day before. The forecast was for a high of 62, but on the walk to the mail box at 11 am, it felt like, well cold. I had planned to go to the grasslands in the afternoon. Did I…
As I walked along I noticed a beetle at a Gracie poop. Certainly I could spare a minute to watch it. Well, a minute and six seconds worth of video. The Weirdest Eyes in The Animal Kingdom See a World We Can’t Imagine Accidental Slingshot Wound to a Tree Reveals Unexpected Ant Behavior This Wonder…
What a different a day makes on the weather! Two degrees warmer this morning at our house, 17 instead of 15. But the big factor today is the lack of wind verses yesterday. Indeed, that makes for a very nice day to be outside and a high temperature of 56 degrees! An incredible feather mimic…
Well, for me there is no choice…I must take Gracie for her walks. And as my Dad used to tell my brothers and me, you need to get outside to get the stink off! Translation: The kids have too much energy to be in the house LOL. Finally, a look at the low temperatures in…
Happy New Year! I am hopeful that everyone will have a healthy year ahead. Joni Mitchell wrote in her song Big Yellow Taxi “Don’t it always seem to goThat you don’t know what you’ve gotTill it’s goneThey paved paradiseAnd put up a parking lot” Please plant native plants, pick up a piece of litter, and…
We had reached the end of this particular ravine, so back down we went to find a way up. The Early Bird Gets…the Truffle? Birds Hunt for Fungi, Too “Completes the Circle”: A 40-Year Scientific Journey Leads to a New Truffle Species Ancient fungi found in deep-sea mud Seabed mining is coming — bringing mineral…
As we headed up the ravine, we hopeful to find new and exciting stuff. So whether we shine a light or climb up a slippery slope or just gaze upwards, we look! “Mystery of Manu” – A Strange Tree in the Amazon Rainforest Left Scientists Scratching Their Heads for 50 Years Scientists Unravel How and…
Reese had to head back to office so Jeanne and I continued on but in a side ravine. This ravine had made the peninsula to get to “Frog Knob” narrower. It was definitely worth exploring! These Fish Work Together by the Hundreds of Thousands To Do the Wave – Here’s Why Keep looking! The more…