Welcome to my nature blog! I love sharing my photos of North Texas! I will keep looking out and hope you do too.
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So many wonders to find on the grasslands! In win for butterflies and loss for Texas Republicans, feds move to protect rare plant This Strange Ancient ‘Fossil’ May Not Have Been Left by Any Living Thing The Predatory Slime Mold From The Last of Us Isn’t Actually a Fungus – It’s Weirder Keep looking! The…
Without delay, we continued on with our adventure! Finally, I hope everyone survived the storm last night without any damage. So all we got was a 40mph wind gust (thank goodness) and .06″ of rain. New images offer rare glimpse of the DMZ between North and South Korea where wild animals find peace and flourish…
I would guess most folks look at things from the easiest way possible. And usually that is at your eye level or just looking down. We Now Know Why Zebra’s Stripes Are So Effective Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
Over the weekend (Feb 20th), Suzanne, Kate, Michelle and Vince went to an amazing festival. They participated in a fossil dig. The following are photos from that trip. Definitely, this is place you too might want to visit if you like fossils. Certainly, is on my list now! Thanks to Suzanne, Kate, Michelle, and Vince…
Turning at the small grotto, I worked my way along the east hillside above the ravine. This was one I wanted to watch for a moment, the Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata). Its little antennas were so wiggly. At the end of the seedhead, it stayed only a moment longer. Then it headed back down….
Yesterday, I left you looking at the hillside. In the open, I was working my way back to the other side of the ravine. Tomorrow, I will finally be on the east side of the ravine. Furthermore, I will reveal if the Trout Lilies were sprouting yet on February 19th. Chemical signals from fungi tell…
On the west side of the ravine, I continued on with my search for emerging Trout Lilies. Of course, I had my eyes open for other good stuff. Suzanne shared a few of her trail photos from the Fairfield Lake State Park. Last chance to visit the park is Feb. 28th. Thanks Suzanne for the…
A friend of Suzanne told her the Trout Lilies at Tandy Hills Natural Area were blooming now. To be or not to be as Shakespeare wrote, so were they poking up here yet? Sunday the 19th and off I went searching for the Trout Lilies on the grasslands. Moreover, the water leads to the small…
I bet almost all of you have heard about the closing of Fairfield Lake State Park. The good news is that now Texas will have another golf course, arrggg. 😡 When I googled Texas, I found that Texas ranks 45th in public ownership. In fact that is only 4.2% land area for the public to…
The ravine had been awesome as usual. And before I headed straight back to the car, I decided check out on top for a bit. So a fine day was had exploring on February 13th. After all, it would be hard to not enjoy nature out at the grasslands! Amazing Photos Reveal The Great White…