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Comments welcome. Thank you, Mary
It was a grand day on the grasslands. Sights and treasures were abounding! The light brown one is a millipede. The other more lively one is a centipede. To tell the difference between the two, check how many legs are on each segment. Two per section on a millipedes and only one per on the…
The ravine proved to be tangled in Greenbriar and other thick vegetation. So instead we crossed the ravine to continue on. Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
Four years ago there was a fire on the grasslands caused by an adjoining property owner. The fire quickly got out of control. And spread like well, a wild fire! The fire burnt hot. And this was probably a good thing because it was burnt in a different season than the Forest Service normally does…
Are you hyper sensitive to smells? No one would ever accuse me of that. LOL. Sometimes, Shirley could not believe that I could not smell. However, she loved to tell a story about that. It goes like this. While down at BRIT, someone tested hers. They put before her specimens of Hedeoma. These were old…
It was cloudy and cool for this First Wednesday. However, this did not cloud our spirits for the walk. What another great First Wednesday with fellow nature nerds! Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
Looks like a Happy Halloween! The Spooky Science of Why Mirrors Can Freak Us Out So Much The History of Trick-or-Treating Is Weirder Than You Thought Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
Indeed, it certainly never get old tramping about on the grasslands! Yes. The Night Before Halloween Is a Real Holiday The Real-Life Vampire Autopsies of the Victorian Era When People Carved Turnips Instead of Pumpkins for Halloween Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you…
Whoa, I feel we got lucky today with 1.16″ so far! On top of that, three of the four Gracie walks, I had to use the umbrella. My lucky non-umbrella walk was the afternoon walk. At that point, the clouds almost parted, but not quite. Here was the find of the day. It was like…
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