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Impromptu was our word yesterday. Well, semi-impromptu as I did check about the availability for us to visit Claire in Norman the night before. 🙂 As we drove north the temperature kept dropping. It was 49F when we got there at noon. I had to borrow a light jacket. Indeed, brrrr! Even though it was…
Summer is definitely here, eh! High was 103F here. Stay cool! A Record-Breaking 17 California Condor Chicks Hatched at the L.A. Zoo This Year Airplane glory: What is it and how to spot one? A New Type of Wood Just Discovered Could Revolutionize Carbon Storage Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see…
After the lovely barren, we gravitated towards the ravine. Of course we did, it is the law, gravity. 😉 With the recent rains, water still dripped from the limestone rocks. What a lovely place! More from the ravine tomorrow. A New Creature Emerges From a Forest Drowned by the Gulf of Mexico Rethinking Dinosaur Evolution:…
With the cold weather birds have finally started visiting the feeders at our house. Birds here… Birds there… Award-winning close-up photos show the hidden wonders of nature Thanks Suzanne! Texas’s Weird, “Rare” Hissing Mushroom Isn’t Really All That Rare Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the…
Over the past week Kathy has been sharing some photos and the accompanying comments with me. I enjoyed them and thought y’all might too. Next up Kathy found some turds inside a mesquite tree. Somehow Kathy and I seemed to be connected with our finds. 🙂 Next email Kathy sent these. Now as I was…
What to do the day after the holiday? Well, of course go for a hike! Besides we have a granddog to entertain. 🙂 So off to the grasslands Briar and I went this afternoon after it had warmed up a bit. It was pretty chilly here this morning, 25F. Briar and I were having a…
Our next stop was at Rhodes Lake. It also is a popular lake for duck hunters. The lake has many kinds of creatures in addition to water birds. For example, we heard the rattle call of the Belted Kingfisher across the lake. Hmmm, I hope I didn’t scare the frass out of it. Pedal to…
So a forewarning, you get to see what we saw. I am not holding back. When I looked up maggots I found there are some called cheese flies which I had not heard of before. The cheese flies belong to Piophilidae family. “The larvae of typical piophilids are notorious for jumping or “skipping”, especially in…
Even though it was mostly an overcast today, I still had bright spots in my day! 🙂 Twas a nice Sunday! Manatees might return to the endangered species list Groundwater in The US Is Becoming Dangerously Salty, Scientists Warn Neanderthals Might Not Be The Separate Species We Always Thought Keep looking! The more you know,…
I bet almost all of you have heard about the closing of Fairfield Lake State Park. The good news is that now Texas will have another golf course, arrggg. 😡 When I googled Texas, I found that Texas ranks 45th in public ownership. In fact that is only 4.2% land area for the public to…