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
Jeanne and I were out to check the nest boxes by 7am. I had been so hoping the one hundred degrees temps were gone. Nope, we made it to 101 today. It was a good day! Australian Parrots Perform 30 Dance Moves, With 17 New to Science Scientists Unearth 247-Million-Year-Old ‘Wonder’ Fossil Unlike Anything Seen…
Sure hope the three digits temps are done for the year! High was 95. Why do they do this? As they say in the movies, that’s a wrap! 🙂 What 1,500-Year-Old Poo Reveals About Vanishing Species Franklinia and Tree Extinction Thanks Claire! The Mothers of Entomological History: Reflecting on Who We Honor and How We…
OMG we got 0.19″ of rain this morning! I hope you got some too. To top it off the temp only made it to 86! Wow I say! So on the afternoon walk I didn’t find the Black Leaf-leg hopper on our Winged-rib Sumac (Rhus copallinum). ;-( Furthermore I didn’t find the leprechaun’s pot of…
So much cooler today than yesterday. Today 98, yesterday 99. LOL. It was a fine day! August’s Full Sturgeon Moon Is Here: What It Is And How to See It Through Much of Human History, Women Have Shaped Evolution Through Food Processing Robo-Bunnies Are the Latest Weapon Against Florida’s Invasive Pythons Glow-in-the-dark marsupial shows off…
Yesterday while we were out, we stopped to look at a couple of the grasses. If you want to learn more about grasses (and I do) the Ft. Worth chapter of NPAT is having a workshop on September 27th. Only 13 spots left! Fort Worth Chapter — Grass ID Workshop Grass Structures “Living Fossil” Just…
August certainly is setting up to be a hot one! We were just shy of 100 today. So yes August has “snow”! 😀 Panacea for Pain Is Abundant in the Fields in North Texas Traditional Uses, Pharmacological, and Phytochemical Studies of Euphorbia: A Review ‘Things keep evolving into anteaters.’ Odd animals arose at least 12…
You know a few degrees really does make a difference. So you can be sure I love the cooler 90 degrees high! Tiny or not, tis fun to look! Did arachnids originate in the sea? A new study suggests so World megaflash lightning record set in U.S. Trump administration takes aim at satellite that measures…
Another great start to the day with clouds! In the short time, we got 0.33″! The Fossil That Fooled Harvard: Scientists Solve 160-Year Evolutionary Mystery Static electricity sense could be factor in evolution of extreme body shapes of treehoppers Stand Up for Science! Our lives depend on it. Keep looking! The more you know, the…
Often times I go looking for those that shelter under a fold on a leaf. Mostly I just find a lot of frass. Hey frass happens. LOL. So maybe you will only find a lot of frass looking. However when you do find a larvae, I hope you smile too. 🙂 Grand Canyon Fossils Offer…
The Arizona Crested Coralroot stop was a good one! So besides the Coralroot we found two cats. What a great stop, the Arizona Crested Coralroot and two cats! 🙂 Texas using $1 billion fund to develop new state parks Thanks Suzanne! Millipede Molecules Scramble Ants – And Might Help Heal the Human Brain 545-Million-Year-Old Footprints…