Welcome to my nature blog! I love sharing my photos of North Texas! I will keep looking out and hope you do too.
Comments welcome. Thank you, Mary
The prescribed burns have started on the grasslands. So you may want to check before going. Today’s burn was on unit 31. Jeanne took this video a few days ago of a jumping spider with its prey, a stinkbug. Love nature in action! Thanks Jeanne! Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see…
We have had some nice spring-like weather recently, but without the rain. Of course, you can barely count the sprinkles this morning. However, plants are starting their rosettes despite the lack of water. Some plants will like it and others not so much. Indeed, watch for these beauties now. And think of the fairies feasting!…
The word pod has several definitions. A group of people who have limited contact with other people outside their pod, you remember the pandemic right… A seed container that grows on some plants, for example legumes An insect egg case (never heard of that one before) A number of animals clustered together And there are…
I am so sad with big tears in my eyes to say it was time to tell Gracie goodbye. We were so blessed to have had our sweet and special girl with us for thirteen years. She had friends from all the world, both human and animal. And no one was more special then those…
So most of Friday’s drive-about was in the car. Furthermore, most of time outside the car was at the NCTC campus looking at the Cymopterus. The rest of the things found at the campus and on the roads in Cooke County follow. Indeed it was a nice day for a drive! Scientists Have Discovered a…
Yesterday, was a good day for Jeanne and I to go check on the first flower of the winter. Ok, it might not be the first flower that has bloomed. But certainly is the first special Shirley flower of a new year. National Parks Are the Backbone of Conservation – Here How To Make Them…
Jeanne did a great job sharing with us the Old Zoo Nature Trail. Thanks so much for whetting our appetite to take a walk on the wild side. And here are a few more from Jeanne. What a wonderful photo tour of the Old Zoo Nature Trail! A big thank you to the volunteers that…
Did yesterday’s post whet your appetite for the Old Zoo Nature Trail? Certainly it did mine! Hence, more of Jeanne’s photos on the trail! Tomorrow the old zoo and a couple of boulders. Maryland girl finds ancient tooth from a 50-foot-long megalodon in the Chesapeake Bay A New Chapter in Climate Science – 390-Million-Year-Old Seawater…
On Monday I had to pass on an opportunity for an outing. So I made request of Jeanne to take some photos to show me what I had missed. Goodness, I missed a good outing. Here are Jeanne’s photos. And thanks Jeanne! More of Jeanne’s photos tomorrow! Keep looking! The more you know, the more…
Sometimes the best finds are the unexpected finds. Seven days had passed… The animal might be the Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice)! Or it could be the Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme). Reading up on its life history, Wagner’s book says the only way to confirm its true identity is by raising it. So fingers crossed. And…