Never Blinked

Never Blinked

Back to winter like, eh. Well I didn’t go out to the grasslands today. I had home chores. So these pics are from the sunny day outing. ๐Ÿ™‚ Humpback Whale Song Shares a Key Pattern With Human Language That Might Make It Easier for the Animals to Learn Hereโ€™s How the Los Angeles Wildfires Are…

Lots of Dew

Lots of Dew

Two days of really nice weather eh! And I took advantage of both days. ๐Ÿ™‚ When we started out this morning it was fairly warm. But by mid-afternoon the wind turned to the north. And the temps started to drop. But not enough to chill us. It had been another good day at the grasslands!…

Growth Progress

Growth Progress

Once again the start of the day was a bit chilly and dreary. However this did not stop Jeanne and I. We heading to check on our friends at the grasslands! We saw old friends and got acquainted with new friends. Though we do not know all their names…yet. ๐Ÿ™‚ New Study Challenges Key Assumptions…

Foggy

Foggy

This was not the forecast for the First Wednesday outing. But that is what we got overcast to foggy. And still it turned out great! A beautiful birding day it had turned out. Light pollution is getting worse, but there is a movement to make our skies dark again Physicists Confirm The Existence of a…

A Day at the Park

A Day at the Park

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 โ€œHighwaysโ€ That Connect Brazilโ€™s Rainforests How Some Trees Evolved to Birth Live Young Keep…

Playing in the Poo

Playing in the Poo

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. ๐Ÿ™‚ Happy Lunar New Year 2025! The Year of the Snake…

A Home Within a House

A Home Within a House

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. ๐Ÿ™‚ Now we can all hope that we get some much needed rain over the next few days. ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage…

Friday

Friday

Yesterday the wind picked up in the afternoon. So for me, a coat was still necessary. ๐Ÿ™‚ 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

Frosting!

Frosting!

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 โ€“ Scientists Just Updated Its Location What are hole-punch…

Winter Flower

Winter Flower

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…