Welcome to my nature blog! I love sharing my photos of North Texas! I will keep looking out and hope you do too.
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There is pond just west of the restrooms at the end of the road loop. Of course we checked it out too! Thanks Claire for sharing your photos! It was a lovely prairie! I certainly would recommend a visit to the Parkhill Prairie! And check out Amy Martin‘s book, Wild DFW and all 25 of…
And the weather forecast is really looking good here at Lake Lavon. Rain is forecasted after 4pm. Yahoo!! Indeed it was adorable! You never know what you will find at a campground! Keep Your Eyes Peeled: ‘Devil Comet’ May Show During Solar Eclipse Baily’s beads seen during a solar eclipse Solar eclipse will cause colors…
A Trinity Forks chapter NPSOT pop-up field trip was scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 10th. And since the rain had occurred earlier in the week I needed to make sure we could cross the creek. So on Thursday, Feb. 8th, Jeanne and I went to check it out. The day was perfect, cool but sunny. What…
Now we were about two thirds of the way on the Saturday five hour outing. We had clouds, a little rain, and then the sky cleared. The trail headed out towards a large meadow. A lovely day indeed! Microbes essential to plants are disappearing due to global warming Study finds plant nurseries are exacerbating the…
Yesterday was the First Wednesday outing. Guess how many were there…three, Jeanne, Jerry and myself. Call us glutens for nature. LOL Even though I had been to the same area several days ago I saw different stuff. Nature is just like that eh! So my best find for me yesterday will be featured in another…
Are you hyper sensitive to smells? No one would ever accuse me of that. LOL. Sometimes, Shirley could not believe that I could not smell. However, she loved to tell a story about that. It goes like this. While down at BRIT, someone tested hers. They put before her specimens of Hedeoma. These were old…
Even though I had just been to the same place, I always expect to find something different. This First Wed was no exception! To summarize, it was great to be out with fellow nature appreciators! Moreover, the heat did not stop our enjoyment! And thank you to Jerry for sharing his photos! Meet Diane Nash,…
That was the difference at our house between yesterday and today! So it was 92 yesterday and yep you got it, only 72 for a high today. Furthermore, that wind was howling overnight as well. The Quest to Find the World’s Largest Bee Many of These Plants Older Than Dinosaurs Face Extinction Betty Reid Soskin,…
Up at the crack of dawn; that is what you do during the hunting season. But wait you say, the hunting season is over. Hold on, this is a different hunt…my kind of hunt 🙂 And no weapons will be used except cameras and maybe a net. For the next month or so, a group…