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The American Groundnut (Apios americana) is a plant in the legume family. I knew that it was on the grasslands, but had not run across it before. Previously, I had only seen it in Cooke County thanks to Shirley. The 20th outing however was to be my day. In tomorrow’s post, I will take you…
The grasslands called to me again on July 20th! I was hoping for the best weatherwise (meaning not too hot). My grasslands buddies hoped so too. And as always, many interesting sights were seen! Stay tuned for more on the July 20th outing! Keep looking!
Was July 16th the last cool day for the summer? I do not know. Will this stop me from going out on another day? Well, of course not. Article: Why Is the Eastern Monarch Butterfly Disappearing? Is There Something We Can Do About It? Keep looking!
So in today’s post, we reached our goal to the creek on the July 16th outing! Keep looking!
The July 16th outing saga continues! As we started to climb in elevation, we happened upon the Woolly Dutchman’s Pipevine (Aristolochia tomentosa)! Of course, the elevation climb is really not that much. But this area did not have standing water as it was on a slight slope above the bottomlands. Keep looking!
The fungus continues to amaze as I continue on with the grasslands outing from the 16th. I may not know exactly what species they are, but I still enjoy them! Showers today! The rain only amounted to about .15″. But the thing of it was, that each time I took Gracie for a walk I…
It was cloudy start to the day with the nearby rumbles so it was a bit dark in the understory yesterday. Most of our time was spend in the bottoms seeing what we could see. And we found plenty to enjoy. Article: The Strangely Scientific Endeavor of Making Ice Cream Keep looking!
Today was a grasslands day! Gosh was it a great one. I took well over four hundred photos of interesting things. Don’t worry as per my usual many were repeats and really bad photos. Not included in the documentations were the rumbles, tweets and snorts. We heard the rumbles of a thunderstorm nearby, but never…
So July 8th was an awesome day. There is always so much to find and enjoy on the grasslands! On this pond, we saw a Banded Pennant dragonfly. It was too far out for a photo. However it was pretty with the all black abdomen and three black spots on each wing with a brown…