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It was a gorgeous day to take a tour of the grasslands named bodies of water. Well those that are east of 287/81. So it was a total of seven ponds/lakes! Indeed a wonderful day with little wind for our water tour! The Chileno Valley Newt Brigade helps newts cross the road Hummingbirds snooze when…
Jeanne has shared a really cool big bug with us! Last Thursday when the ice was thick on Jeanne’s pond she found this beauty! The ice was about 1/2 inch thick. And in fact there were two of these beauties. Jeanne estimated their size at a whooping 3/4 inch! After pounding on the ice, they…
Yesterday the wind picked up in the afternoon. So for me, a coat was still necessary. 🙂 Giant 35-inch duck-billed dinosaur footprints discovered in Mongolia How the Largest Volcanic Eruption in Human History Changed the World Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
Now we headed towards Moss Lake. This is a spring fed lake that covers 1140 acres. Indeed the creek was like the frosting on the cake for our cold drive-about day! Earth’s Largest Organism Slowly Being Eaten, Scientist Says Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Is Officially Moving – Scientists Just Updated Its Location What are hole-punch…
I know we have driven on this road before, but it had been quite sometime. Giant rats could help detect illegal wildlife trade Ants Hold Grudges: New Study Reveals Insects Learn From Negative Experiences Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
What a flower that blooms in the winter? Yes, we have several. And they are small and easily missed. So here is one of my favorites. This was the second stop on our drive-about. And we were happy the wind was calm at this point. It was still just about 28F! Admire the World’s Largest…
I certainly hope I never lose the inner kid in me. Here we demonstrate that Jeanne and I have not. 😉 And the inner kids came out to play! 🙂 We watched the rock sink in the algae. 🙂 We watched with glee the bubble glide under the ice. Looked like an amoeba to us….
Now I was going a round-about way back to the car on level ground again. Indeed it had been a great warm Thursday afternoon. Now the cold is here…again! Scientists Unearth the Oldest Tadpole Fossil Ever Found, and It’s a 161-Million-Year-Old ‘Giant’ Footprints Reveal Two Early Human Species Walked the Same Lakeshore in Kenya 1.5…