Two bugs

Two bugs

Two bugs presented themselves for observation today, a Leafhopper and Rainbow Scarab. The world’s largest solar-powered steam plant will be built in Saudi Arabia Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.

Blue bruiser

Blue bruiser

Another morning picking blackberries. I really loved it when the wind changed to the northwest at 10:45am! While I picked, the Painted Bunting was serenading for his love. 😉 The dreams of animals Moths in slow motion Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you…

A Mystery and a Smile

A Mystery and a Smile

Kathy was the one to get the star yesterday for catching my title mistake. The email notification had the mistake. However, I caught it as soon as I hit the publish button. In the same way, like slamming your hand in the door. You see it coming but the signal to the brain can’t stop…

Plum season!

Plum season!

Did you think we were going to get rain today? I did. Then as I watched the radar image this morning, it dissipated over Jacksboro. Darn right. However, we’re getting a light shower this evening. One tenth of inch so far! A giant ‘wall of wind’ can blow away structures with the strength of Category…

Spring Ladies-tress!

Spring Ladies-tress!

Continuing on with the second part of Ladonia post. And it certainly was a good day to be out on a Blackland prairie at the Caddo NG! No Frosted Elfins that day. 🙁 Nevertheless, it was a splendid day at the Ladonia Units with new and old friends! Moreover, many thanks to Jeff for suggesting…

Back at Ladonia Units

Back at Ladonia Units

Jeff Quayle and I led a group from the NPAT Ft. Worth chapter to the Caddo NG. Meeting at Tractor Supply in Bonham, the group was eager to head out. It had been two and half weeks since I was last there. So I was hoping for new plants on the Blackland Prairie. I will…

Passenger Pigeon and splats

Passenger Pigeon and splats

The last record of a wild Passenger Pigeon was March 24, 1900. In fact, rewards were offered by the American Ornithologists’ Union for finding a nest. The effort was futile. A captive bird named Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden on September 1, 1914. She was 29 years old. Billions of the Passenger Pigeons…

Soggy

Soggy

Indeed, what a wonderful soggy day! We ended up with a mere 1.85″ at our place! Of course, that was great! However, Jeanne’s Fossil Hill got a whopping 4″! Whatever amount you got (and I hope you got some) was much needed, eh! Paleontologists Find Biggest Pterosaur Species Ever Unearthed in South America This Device…