Are You Prepping

Are You Prepping

Clear skies are forecasted for Saturday big event! We plan to drive west. So today I started to prep for the annular eclipse. First a few shots closer to home. 🙂 How to See The Awesome ‘Ring of Fire’ Eclipse Happening This Week Giant Solar Storm 14,000 Years Ago Leaves The Carrington Event in The…

Absolutely a Perfect Day

Absolutely a Perfect Day

Certainly it was the most perfect weather day for Trinity Forks NPSOT field trip! Ivy, Debra, Sarah, Chuck, Rosie and Jeanne took the three hour two mile tour of our Pollinator Ranch. Indeed it was definitely the perfect day to show off the Pollinator Ranch! Thanks to all for letting me share our special place…

Top down

Top down

Sounds like a cliche from the corporate office, eh. 😉 However in botany there is another meaning. And the word is determinate. This means that the flower blooms from the top down. Indeed it was another beautiful fall day from the top of morning to the bottom of day. Thank you Suzanne for introducing the…

Cats and dog

Cats and dog

Fingers and toes crossing last night helped! We got 1.6″ in our bucket! YIPPEE! That was like raining cats and dogs. Certainly the rain god should be thanked. 🙂 Now back to yesterday’s outing. Indeed a beautiful First Wednesday outing which included cats (larvae), 3 birds (Pileated Woodpecker, Carolina Wren, and crows calling), snake, skink,…

Rain or shine

Rain or shine

The First Wednesday group was a happenin’ rain or shine. The forecast had been so promising today. However, all we got was a lot of sunshine this morning. Oh well, maybe tonight…fingers crossed! More tomorrow on the First Wed outing! Cross your fingers and toes for rain tonight. Unintended native grass mix-up becomes green streetscape…

Little bit of this and that

Little bit of this and that

So I will start off with last night’s bat survey. Then concluding at Hart’s Creek. Now switching to today, back at home. Moving on again. And this is that for today! We Thought These Animals Were Silent. Scientists Just Found Their Voices 125-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Feathers Reveal Traces of Ancient Proteins Drier savannas, grasslands store more…

Before DQ

Before DQ

Did you guess where we were headed after the Garnett Preserve? The hint is in the title. LOL Now we were back on track for DQ! Well, almost until we spotted a new road. So more of the prairie has been divided into large lots. Thus a new road was built. Of course we couldn’t…

Garnett Preserve

Garnett Preserve

The sale of the Garnett Preserve is set to close this Thursday. So Jeanne and I made one last visit on Friday (Sept. 29th). Sigh. 🙁 By noon we were getting hot and hungry. I will let you guess where we headed next. 😉 DNA traces found in 6 million-year-old sea turtle fossil Crocodiles Seen…

Whew!

Whew!

It was a busy day for me! First chores must be done, groceries. However I did manage to take a walk. Then it was time for the Trinity Forks NPSOT afternoon field trip at the Painted Flower Farm in Denton. So it was a “whew” day. However it was a totally a good one! Missing…