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The low was 43.2 and it made it up to 67.6, but by 3pm it had fallen back to 61. Still no complaints here. 🙂 Of course the millipedes were out first thing this morning! I found these tiny feathers this morning. I’m thinking it might be a Savannah Sparrow’s. This was all I found….
Well, my prediction was right that I made yesterday 🙂 The Spring Beauty did bloom! A Tiny Bluet (Houstonia pusilla) was open for business too! Kinda surprise to see the frost this morning. Not sure why since the low was 23.3 degrees. Frost/ice on the concrete. 8:30am. 2:30pm and 57 degrees. This little patch of…
So happy it is warming up today and all sunshine! To change it up it up a bit, here is the iron oxidizing bacteria sample I collected… This is from the Feb 8th outing at the grasslands. It took me several days of looking under the microscope to go thru the whole sample. And the…
What is that strange ball of light trying to shine through?? Old well house. Some critter broke through the door back in the fall. Tracks are leading in and out of it this morning. About 10am, a shadow! But the sun still had not fully come out. Dark-eyed Junco was ready to eat! Yum, she…
We got another 1/2 to 3/4 inches of snow last night. Sure will be glad when this polar vortex leaves. Just a couple days more, right. With the low of 15 degrees this morning, the frost did not produce as much on our windows. My first initial impression of this one, was a speed ice…
It was even colder this morning! Our low was -6.3 degrees. We have never seen it that cold here before. So far we have been really lucky and not experienced a power outage. Fingers crossed. I’m so sorry some of you are having them. By Friday hopefully we will get above freezing. Fingers and toes…
A old yucca root. Insect tunneling in the sandstone. We found this in the seepy area. Not sure what kind of plant it is. I will have to go back and check for a bloom another day. A curious looking root. I thought it was poop at first glance. Bristlegrass. I love it. I never…
Continuing on with Tuesday’s grassland visit… Possumhaw. Bushy Bluestem. It likes the wet areas. The sandstone is just wonderful! It is like a sun! Beautiful reds. You can’t see too much of these colors? I would say not. 🙂 I can see a cat’s face in here. Back further from the cat face. Colors are…