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Comments welcome. Thank you, Mary
For the last month or so we put out our wildlife cameras. We have had deer, bobcats, armadillos, skunks, opossums, birds, squirrels, and moths. It has been great fun, but of course not all were worth showing. However today’s post is a few edited videos of some of the best shots. Keep looking! The more…
Not being able to resist, I headed back to the grasslands this morning! It was not as hot as yesterday even though I had started an hour later. Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
Oh my we got a little bit of rain this afternoon. I certainly was not expecting the rain. Our big total was .09″. However, Jeanne near Bowie got a whopping .9″. How an inserted zero makes a difference, eh. LOL Don’t get me wrong, I did appreciate what we got. Furthermore, I’m sure the plants…
Little lanterns are what I think of when I see a ground-cherry (Physalis). We have six species listed in FNCT. They are in the Solanaceae family. These beetles tuck symbiotic bacteria in “back pockets” during metamorphosis Annual tarantula ‘migration’ begins in southeastern Colorado Fiery Invasions Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see…
Per our usual, the day started with our walk with Gracie! Also I saw one Monarch sail by. Hope you saw some good stuff like I did today! These ant queens live 500% longer than workers. Now we know why. Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see,…
Just after 1pm, we got a real frog strangler! In about ten minutes we got .45″. Thank you to Kathy and Miguel for sharing your finds! Researchers Discover How Plants Reprogram Their Cells To Fight Invaders 10 Things You Think You Know That Aren’t Actually True Keep looking! The more you know, the more you…
Here are a few of this morning’s plants found on our walk. The loneliest trees: can science save these threatened species from extinction? Slime is all around and inside you Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
The mailbox is about a quarter mile from the house. Always an enjoyable walk for me. And so I had just finished reading this article, A Mystery Solved: Why Does Coral Glow?. Why and what glows under a UV light often crosses my mind. Hence, the UV question was fresh on my mind today as…
Another hot day in North Texas, eh! The cooler weather last week sorta spoiled me. After checking with my ant scientist, she said that it was a harvester ant. The queens start out alone so perhaps she was a newly mated female at her first home. No wonder she was doing all the remodeling! Thanks…
My little garden this year is just ten steps from the backdoor. This is the first time in years that I have tried to grow anything. It is mostly a tomato garden with a couple of onions. Somehow a smartweed or knotweed decided to join the ‘maters. Of course, I left them because it was…