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Second half of the morning at Wylie’s. It was great to see Wylie’s property again. Thank you Wylie! Nearly Half of the Colorful and Charismatic Heliconia Tropical Plant Species Are Threatened With Extinction, New Study Reveals NASA’s New Satellite Could Change the Way We Farm Forever New Plant Species Discovered in Big Bend National Park…
Jeanne and I were off to visit Wyle’s property in Cooke County. Strangely enough we were returning on the same date as a year ago. And Wyle had time to join us. Additionally we really appreciated the nice transportation to the backside of his property. We continued on searching for a moss, Venturiella. Texas House…
So I am going to back up with a few more photos from the Friday NPSOT pop up field trip. This was after the two rare plants that I had wanted to share in yesterday’s post. Now we were no longer on a slope but in open prairie. Garden for Birds – Great Backyard Bird…
Friday was a pop-up NPSOT Trinity Forks field trip. With little notice, only one person was able to come. The prediction had been for wind and dust. It got windy as the morning progressed. However, the dust was only barely started as we finished up. Great field trip! Elisabeth Vrba obituary: palaeontologist who solved a…
Go have some pi because it is March 14th (3-14), Happy Pi Day! Happy Pi Day! Find ways to celebrate here Yesterday I left you on the Anadarche Creek Trail. The rain definitely slow us down. So we look forward to going back to explore further. Definitely a great trip! Thanks Jeanne! Lost for 13,000…
Trails can go for miles. Hikers and bike riders can cover the distance. However, I’m in for the slow and observing mode of exploring. 🙂 This was a very interesting trail! The truth about dinosaur behavior from hints in fossils See Magnificent Monkeys From Around the World in These Shots From the Smithsonian Magazine Photo…
We were moving forward even if it was slowly. It was hard to keep moving with all the cool lichens and mosses, but we did. LOL. More from the trail tomorrow. Scientists Hope This Tool Could Identify Tiny Fossils on Mars, Revealing Hints to Potential Early Life on the Planet Inside the Herculean Effort to…
After Tucker Tower we headed back to camp for lunch. Energy would be needed for an afternoon hike on the Anadarche Creek Trail. More goodies from the trail tomorrow! The Ecologist Who Made Biodiversity Count 7,000+ new species discovered in Earth’s deepest ocean trench Butterflies are disappearing from the U.S. at an alarming rate Stand…
Eagerly we headed up the hill to Tucker Tower! Yep Tucker Tower is worth the visit! The 1st eclipse season of 2025 starts this week Humans Have Been Perfecting Avocados for 7,500 Years US Coast Guard Academy Censors ‘Climate Change’ From Its Curriculum Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental…
On Friday we started to explore the park, Lake Murray State Park. Furthermore we decided to explore the Tucker Tower first. I learned in online search that you could climb to the top. And it was a pretty day so the view would be spectacular. At least that was our hope. However before we started…