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
So it has been a while since we have had any substantial rain in North Texas. But Monday morning (28th) was fairly cool relative to recent mornings. So Jeanne and I headed over to the grasslands to check it out. More tomorrow! Don’t forget there is a super duper blue supermoon tonight. And the show…
The day had been most splendid. Of course we topped it off with cool treats at DQ on the way home. I bet you can tell this has kinda become our thing lately. LOL So with a hoot and holler we left our echoes behind. And I imagine if Suzanne and Kate (who were on…
So the word rill is another name for a small stream. Indeed I love a good rill. LOL However I don’t think the definition of a rill would fit this creek. Stream Terminology and Definitions describes the terms of running water that occupies a channel. This creek did not have any running water currently. However…
Next destination was an overlook at the Red River. So down the road we went. However maybe I should say up the road since we headed north? It was an epic battle! As they fought the road dust covered them. Neither were giving up. In fact, the humans watched for four minutes. Still no end….
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There are a lot plants that are finished with their colorful blooms. Yet to me they still hold value. Some maybe providing homes for insects. Others may have seeds for wildlife as well as the plant’s own future survival. Thanks Jeanne for sharing your photos! Homegrown National Park by Dr Douglas Tallamy (A Cross Timbers…
Snow sounds very refreshing today doesn’t it? Of course there is none in North Texas. Well, at least not the ice crystal type. However we do have Snow-on-the-prairie (Euphorbia bicolor) and Snow-on-the-mountain (Euphorbia marginata)! And we have the Snow-on-the-prairie (Euphorbia bicolor) here at our house. So guess what? That will be the “snow” today. LOL…
This heat! I sure hope we get a break soon. Maybe hurricane Hilary will help break the heat dome over us in Texas? Sure hope so! However there was no talk of that happening on NOAA’s forecast discussion. 🙁 Take precautions in this heat like the plants and critters do! Researchers discover troubling truth behind…
Jeanne and I have been down almost every road in Cooke County. There were only a few roads that we deemed unpassable and didn’t explore. Furthermore we certainly do not remember what was down all those roads as it was four years ago. Plus you never what you might have missed or what might be…
So yesterday I left you wondering what I was checking for under the bridge. Have you made a guess? This was the last creek stop that day. However there were two more roads to check. The conclusion of this outing will be tomorrow. ‘Truly historic’: How science helped kids win a landmark climate trial Most…