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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Little lanterns are what I think of when I see a ground-cherry (Physalis). We have six species listed in FNCT. They are in the Solanaceae family. These beetles tuck symbiotic bacteria in “back pockets” during metamorphosis Annual tarantula ‘migration’ begins in southeastern Colorado Fiery Invasions Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see…
Per our usual, the day started with our walk with Gracie! Also I saw one Monarch sail by. Hope you saw some good stuff like I did today! These ant queens live 500% longer than workers. Now we know why. Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see,…
Just after 1pm, we got a real frog strangler! In about ten minutes we got .45″. Thank you to Kathy and Miguel for sharing your finds! Researchers Discover How Plants Reprogram Their Cells To Fight Invaders 10 Things You Think You Know That Aren’t Actually True Keep looking! The more you know, the more you…
My little garden this year is just ten steps from the backdoor. This is the first time in years that I have tried to grow anything. It is mostly a tomato garden with a couple of onions. Somehow a smartweed or knotweed decided to join the ‘maters. Of course, I left them because it was…
OMG, I saw so many Rain-lilies along the road today while out and about! I loved it! Of course, I took Gracie for her usual walks too. Here are two highlights from the walks. Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
We got another .23′ last night. Well, of course I had to keep my eye for more fungi! 30-million-year-old amphibious beaver fossil is oldest ever found Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
Well, I am just going to say, it is nice to have had a wet pet this morning! We got 1.45 inches. And I am very happy about that. However, I know from the news, that a lot of you in the Dallas/FtW metroplex got a heap more rain in your buckets than that. I…
The Purple Pineapple has started to bloom! I have described this wonderful plant the purple pineapple before I even knew that others had called it that before me. And what an apt description of the Leavenworth’s Eryngo (Eryngium leavenworthii)! Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the…
Jeanne asked me how Shirley found these specific spots. Regretfully, I never thought to ask or I have forgotten. I do know that she often went exploring like Jeanne and I do now. In addition, sometimes people would tell her about unusual plants that they had, had seen, or needed identified. In fact, that is…
I was up at 5:30am with Gracie this morning. I had hoped to see a shooting star or two. But no luck 🙁 Hope more than a few of y’all got some of the rain yesterday. Rain amounts around here ranged from barely wet (.1″) to 1.25″. Here we got the .24″ and was very…