Tornado Damage

Tornado Damage

After walking part of the Flower Park trail we headed up the hill towards Vendome. Time to head back for lunch. Yeah our stomachs rule! LOL. Newly Described Fossil From Wyoming Sheds Light on When Frogs and Toads Lost Their Teeth A Brief History of Christmas Markets Keep looking! The more you know, the more…

A Cluster

A Cluster

The trail we chose started at the Travertine Visitor Center. Of course first we had to go in and get the lay of land from the helpful park people. 🙂 Can you have too much fun on a trail? Silly question, eh. And we still had not reach our end point. 🙂 Newly Described Fossil…

Wiggling Tail

Wiggling Tail

Most everyday I walk our paths. And I never know what interesting life awaits me. 🙂 They wiggled their tail like a rattlesnake. I never got to see their head. After they “rattled”, they disappeared further in the grass. It was very exciting because I had never encountered this species before. Additionally I found them…

Hike and Party

Hike and Party

Ahhh, the end of year hike and party for the NPAT Fort Worth chapter! Yippee! Indeed what a wonderful day with the NPAT group! The Real Story Behind Netflix’s ‘The Six Triple Eight,’ a New Tyler Perry Film About the Women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion A recent orca sighting recalls a mystifying…

Frosting Friday

Frosting Friday

Brrr, it was a mite cold this morning! 27F was our low! Slingshot spiders rely on good vibrations to catch supper  Thanks Jeanne! Insect fossil find ‘extremely rare’ Oldest known wild bird, Wisdom, is back with an egg! Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more…

Each Time

Each Time

Each time I go out I find something new that is beautiful. Even if it was virtually on the same path I took before. On Thanksgiving Day before our family arrived I headed back to the same unit. This has been the unit I have been posting about in the previous four posts. Yep, each…

Find a Friend

Find a Friend

Every time I go outside, I am greeted by friends both old and new! Indeed you are never alone in nature! Solar superstorm in 664 BCE recorded in tree rings The Rise of The Dinosaurs Can Be Tracked in Their Fossilized Poop Easing the Biodiversity Crisis One Flowerpot at a Time Keep looking! The more…

Alien?

Alien?

Ok, black Friday is over. Take a breath. Now get out there and renew your spirit! Tuesday’s outing continues… Fowl Play: How Wild Turkeys Are Outsmarting Hunters New Research Explains How Children Learned for 99% of Human History Interstellar dreams: Bat blood may enable human hibernation for long space travels World’s oldest lizard wins fossil…

Happy Indigenous Day!

Happy Indigenous Day!

So what did you do today on Indigenous Peoples’ Day? Go shopping (it is Black Friday) or take a walk? You know what I did. 🙂 Additionally at our house we gathered with friends and family. Now to continue on with the outing on Tuesday the 26th. The Myths of the Thanksgiving Story and the…

A Day of Thanks

A Day of Thanks

A day to give thanks to our beautiful earth for providing us with so much! Perhaps it also should be a day to reflect on giving back. And thank you to our families and friends. Hope you had plenty to eat. Maybe you will need some nature time to walk off that turkey and pie?…