A Perfect Day

A Perfect Day

On Thursday I texted Jeanne, “Do you want to go out to the grasslands?” Of course she did. 🙂 The weather was absolutely perfect. Certainly now is the time to see our beautiful LBJ National Grasslands! North Texas Prairie Initiative Pollinators & Prairies When killing grasshoppers kills native bees Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards Keep looking!…

Color Variations

Color Variations

Nature never fails to impress! Happy Halloween! Goblin sharks, ghost crabs and vampire bats, oh my! Ghost of the Forest: Monotropa uniflora 450 Million-Year-Old ‘Golden’ Fossil Reveals a Prize Arthropod Ancestor Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know

A Lot of Legs!

A Lot of Legs!

My last walk at Lake Arrowhead State Park. At least for this trip. 🙂 I followed them around. At one point they buried its head. Presumably for a tasty morsel. Then suddenly for some unknown reason they went berserk. You won’t see this in the movie because I tipped over trying to back away. LOL….

A Long Shadow

A Long Shadow

The early morning casts a long shadow in the golden light. One guy was off to find a new spot. And what a shadow! Another long shadow! Spooky ghost lights: Believe them if you dare According to a New Study, Ancient Ants Were Farming Long Before Humans Existed Keep looking! The more you know, the…

More from the Dragonfly Trail

More from the Dragonfly Trail

This area is known as the Rolling Plains. Its rangelands are broken with streams and rivers running from west to east, draining toward the Cross Timbers and Prairies Region to the east and southeast. The Dragonfly Trail is a total of about half of mile. Indeed the Dragonfly Trail had been a pleasant walk in…

Lovebush

Lovebush

As per our custom, we started the morning with our shorter walk before breakfast. So all total on a couple of Lotebushes were over dozen walkingsticks! It seemed to be the happening place. 😎 While looking up walkingsticks I found this reference: Texas walkingsticks (Quinn 2012). It says some Texas walkingsticks have a defensive behavior of…

Sweets

Sweets

For the next few days we are camping! Almond Joy that we got another great view! Baby Ruth said it was a home run for us. Sweet! And how many candy bars did you notice…groan. ☺️ S’more tomorrow! From Beyond Pluto: Comet C/2023 A3 Dazzles Over New Orleans Siberian Wolf Preserved For 44,000 Years Could…

First Frost

First Frost

Ah the weekend. And it feels like fall, sorta. Even though we had our first tiny frost, it looks like the coming week is not going to be very fall like. 🤷🏻‍♀️ NOAA releases annual winter outlook for 2024-2025 season  Lice Genes Offer Clues to Ancient Human History Keep looking! The more you know, the…

Only One on 2024-10-07

Only One on 2024-10-07

These photos were taken on 2024-10-07 on our hunt for bumbles. A robot made from radish sprouts and the rise of plant-based machines Mid-Cretaceous Amber Unlocks the Secret to Caddisfly Swarming and Its Disappearance 50 Million Years Ago Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more…

Fall Aster

Fall Aster

So the evening field trip in New Braunfels will take a bit for me to process and will be posted at a later date. So back at home. 🙂 The Fall Aster is a happening place now! How the Asteroid That Killed Dinosaurs Turned Ants Into Farmers Astounding New 3D Images Reveal Ancient Asteroid Crater…