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T’was a frosty morning on November 17th! However, it soon warmed up and was the perfect day for collecting plants. In addition to the aforementioned plants, I collected these as well; Willow-leaf Sunflower, skullcap, Hypericum, seeds of Silphium laciniatum. Now I just hope to keep them alive. Wish me luck! 🙂 Today, November 20 was…
Still at the base of mesa, we slowly made our way along. We did not want to miss anything! 🙂 But of course, there will be plenty more to discover each time we visit. Scientists Have Developed a New Explanation for Consciousness New Evidence Indicates That Bears Are Not Carnivores 439-Million-Year-Old Fossil Teeth Overturn Long-Held…
Today, I saw quite a few Sleepy Oranges flitting about. A week ago, it was the Hackberry Emperors that were most numerous. Before that the Common Wood-nymphs were the abundant ones. Of course, you could slip in the some monarchs for a few days. However, they have not been as numerous as these other aforementioned…
Well After the recent rains, I have been on alert for new fungi. However, these beauties popped up overnight! Naturally my focus had to shift today. 😉 Nature does not wait. My new count was fifteen plants after learning more about the rain-lily. So each grouping probably was just one bulb. Indeed, definitely a fun…
We were heading back to our vehicles on the Forest Service Road. With our eyes peeled, we found these two beauties. Both were dead, but that was no reason to ignore them. To sum it up, it was a wonderful outing! Furthermore, treasures had just waited for us to discovered them! Tomorrow’s post will be…
Are you attracted to shiny things? I am! Especially in nature. Furthermore, I can not resisted bending down to look closer. One Island’s Effort to Count Every Species, and Make Every Species Count How Nichelle Nichols Launched Real-Time Opportunities for Women in Space Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the…
Science can be messy. Shirley often told me about how the plant names were changing with DNA studies and how frustrating it was. And she found it hard, since like most of us, depend on the morphology to decide what is what. But nevertheless, also very interesting, eh! I love to learn new stuff, even…
Guess what the heat is still here. LOL And still I sat outside this morning for a bit. Of course I sat in the shade along with Gracie, Briar (Claire’s furry buddy) and Jim. We were waiting on Claire to join us for a short walk. Thanks to this amazing Green-eyed Monster, I got to…
When I find an interesting hole, well I gotta look LOL. The hot summer so far has not brought out a lot of the din of the cicadas singing at our house yet. You can be certain however, I will be listening for the cicadas singing louder soon 🙂 Maybe I will recognize this one’s…