Welcome to my nature blog! I love sharing my photos of North Texas! I will keep looking out and hope you do too.
Comments welcome. Thank you, Mary
In case you missed it, today (Wednesday, June 21, 2023) was the summer solstice at 9:57 am CDT (in Fort Worth, Texas). And perhaps we need to invest in a row boat…we got .04″ of rain. If you can still call that rain. LOL Now on with the walk from Monday morning! As you probably…
Down to the last day at Caddo NG. Critters, lichens, fungi, and plants, we found them all. 🙂 In brief it was a week of wonderful finds at the Caddo National Grasslands! Completely Reassessing Our Understanding of Plant Domestication – Early Crop Plants Were More Easily “Tamed” Knotty by Nature: Blackworms and the Secrets of…
My fun finds today! The little Calligrapher Fly (Toxomerus marginatus) can be found in many habitats. The larvae prey on aphids, thrips and small caterpillars. (BugGuide). Crazy wing action! A blinking fish reveals clues as to how our ancestors evolved from water to land Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and…
The Curry Foster Home has had several pupae emerged. And now I have room for more. LOL Released! Actually, it hung around near the house for a few days. Certainly, it was going to lead a successfully life. 🙂 Scientists use tracking tech to uncover the secrets behind ants’ foraging Scientists unearth 230-million-year-old fossil of…
Today, I said I would get to some of the residents of Curry Foster Home. So here we go! So I do have more residents, but the above ones are a few of the photos I took today. However, I have one more that popped out this morning! Perhaps you remember the post, Yucca larva?…
The humble Hackberry tree (Celtis) is often called a trash tree. In fact, this is so undeserved. True it is not good for lumber, but wow does it have other great qualities. The Hackberry can live 100-150 years, a great shade tree, and also tolerate air and soil pollutants. Moreover the wildlife love it! These…
Here is a zoom presentation you should not miss! It includes these women, Geyata Ajilvsgi, Connie Taylor, Agnes Chase, and our very own Shirley Lusk! A little help… (This was my original title to the blog, but it got pushed off the front for Shirley. 🙂 She was my botany mentor as she was to…
It was a lovely afternoon celebrating the Texas Land Conservancy 40th anniversary at the Dixon Foundation near Leo yesterday. Indeed, a great day was had by all. So if you didn’t make it this time, be sure to watch for other opportunities to visit the Dixon Foundation in the future. Keep looking! The more you…
Over the past few days, we have found some cats (ie caterpillars)! I saw three monarchs heading south today. One at the LBJ grasslands and two here at the house. It seems like the Emperors butterflies have really exploded here. I wonder where they have been hiding all summer? Nary an Emperor cat have I…
Because we drive slowly, we often need to pull to the side of the road to let a big truck or car pass us. They all have work and/or places to go. ;-). The next spot that we could safely pull off the road for a big truck, had a shady spot to park. Additionally,…