Saturday and humid out.

Saturday and humid out.

 Well, I still must get outside. Gracie says so too. Gracie finds a way to cool off. Palafoxia (Palafoxia callosa) a hard to see plant that likes limestone type soils. Mine is in the my driveway. Pretty tiny flies were visiting. Don’t know what it’s is name. Underside But I made a cool spore print. …

Yellow bumble bee

Yellow bumble bee

 Yellow bumble bee was the highlight this afternoon for me. I looked for birds but didn’t find much in the way of our feathered friends….phoebe, cardinal, Great blue heron, egret and heard a white-eyed vireo. Yellow Bumble Bee (Bombus fervidus) on  cowpen daisy. It was a busy bee. Rucker’s Pond Unit 55 was full and…

It was wet, eh.

It was wet, eh.

We got 3.61″ over the last few days. Just wonderful! In the last post you could see our pond filled back up. Yesterday afternoon, Gracie and  I went over to look again. Dragonflies and damselflies were all over. Many were laying their eggs. I felt sorry for them because the pond does not hold water…

Rainy afternoon

Rainy afternoon

 Good afternoon! We have gotten 2.73″ rain this morning. Gracie and I went to check it out. Our front pond completely filled but not quite over flowing yet. Dragonflies and frogs love it. The eryngo –Eryngium leavenworthii  is really getting to its peak. Giant ragweed is sure pretty even tho….you know  And has a pupa…

Welcome!

 Welcome to my first grand opening post on this rainy morning. (At least at my house). Not sure how this blog is going to work out but let me know what you think. You can keep up with what is happening in Wise and the surrounding counties as I adventure out. Thank you for visiting…

Tiny egg casings

Tiny egg casings

These are egg casings of some unknown critters. I’m trying to raise them to find out what they are.  Found on the LBJ National Grasslands. This is what an individual of one of the above egg casing looks like under the compound scope at 400X Update: 9-25-2020. I now believe these are Horse or Deer…