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What a lovely day to visit one of my favorite state parks, Ft. Richardson State Park in Jacksboro, TX! Hope y’all enjoyed this first day of February! TPWD Finalizes Purchase of 2,020 Acres Near Colorado Bend State Park Scientists Discover Hidden “Highways” That Connect Brazil’s Rainforests How Some Trees Evolved to Birth Live Young Keep…
So far that was all it has been damp. Fingers crossed we will get more than the 0.03″ we got here today. It had been cold and dreary, but it was still a good day. Sometimes a bit of poo is just the thing. 🙂 Happy Lunar New Year 2025! The Year of the Snake…
It was a mostly cloudy day, but the sun almost came out for a very short time. And the high of 60F was not bad. 🙂 Now we can all hope that we get some much needed rain over the next few days. 🤞🏼 A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage…
Yesterday the wind picked up in the afternoon. So for me, a coat was still necessary. 🙂 Giant 35-inch duck-billed dinosaur footprints discovered in Mongolia How the Largest Volcanic Eruption in Human History Changed the World Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
Now we headed towards Moss Lake. This is a spring fed lake that covers 1140 acres. Indeed the creek was like the frosting on the cake for our cold drive-about day! Earth’s Largest Organism Slowly Being Eaten, Scientist Says Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Is Officially Moving – Scientists Just Updated Its Location What are hole-punch…
What a flower that blooms in the winter? Yes, we have several. And they are small and easily missed. So here is one of my favorites. This was the second stop on our drive-about. And we were happy the wind was calm at this point. It was still just about 28F! Admire the World’s Largest…
I certainly hope I never lose the inner kid in me. Here we demonstrate that Jeanne and I have not. 😉 And the inner kids came out to play! 🙂 We watched the rock sink in the algae. 🙂 We watched with glee the bubble glide under the ice. Looked like an amoeba to us….
My afternoon was open. Of course I had to get out to the grasslands on this sunny and relatively warm day before the cold arrives Saturday. Plus I wanted to check on a few friends. Hope y’all got out today. If not maybe tomorrow, eh. 🙂 Meteorite Crash in Canada Is Caught by Home Security…
More from the gully… What a great day it had been! Moreover when isn’t a gully good. LOL. Bats That Run Firefighting Planes Are Dumping Ocean Water on the Los Angeles Fires—Why Using Saltwater Is Typically a Last Resort 80 Percent of Global CO2 Emissions Come From Just 57 Companies, Report Shows Oldest Unbroken Record…