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Trading Hope and Despair For Restoration

Posted on January 23, 2022January 23, 2022 by Shannon

Nature needs all of us to spring into action. Step beyond hope or despair for the future. Restoration is fun, engaging, and exhilarating.

Posted in Conservation, Insects, Living, NatureTagged Bee hotel, Consumption, Longhorn bee, Restoration14 Comments

A Year Outside 2021 … in a 2-minute Video

Posted on November 26, 2021November 26, 2021 by Shannon

Not having time to write, here's a zippy 2- minute video instead.

Posted in NatureTagged Birding, Brazos Bend State Park, Coastal prairie, Mueller State Park, Nature photography, Seabourne Creek Nature Park13 Comments

How Nature and Virtual School Helped Us In A Pandemic

Posted on January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 by Shannon

A pandemic sucks, except outdoors where it doesn't.

Posted in Living, NatureTagged COVID-19, Education, Soundcloud, Videos18 Comments

Pocket Prairie: Helping Our Neighbors, Healing Our Minds

Posted on July 5, 2020January 23, 2022 by Shannon

Tying the proverbial bow on a 1-yr-old backyard prairie restoration project. Still going!

Posted in Birds, Conservation, Insects, Nature, vs. Human habitatTagged Eastern Bluebird, Fawn, Pocket prairie, Restoration, Summer, Wildflowers15 Comments

Patriotism

Posted on May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 by Shannon

A bit of prose, for the times.

Posted in Animals, Birds, Conservation, Insects, NatureTagged American Crow, Calico pennant, Magnolia jumping spider, Mushrooms, Poem, Pugnacious leaf-cutter bee, Tawny Emperor13 Comments

Portraits of a Pocket Prairie

Posted on April 19, 2020January 23, 2022 by Shannon

As the title suggests, characters from our homegrown and wild pocket prairie.

Posted in NatureTagged Pocket prairie, Restoration, Spring, Texas Bluebonnets, Wildflowers13 Comments

Happy Days

Posted on February 21, 2020June 24, 2020 by Shannon

I'm still here! And life is just so, so beautiful. Nature says so.

Posted in Family, Living, NatureTagged Budgerigar, Carolina Wren, Keyhole garden, Mulching, Rabbit, Redbud, Soundcloud, Winter, YouTube7 Comments

The ‘Kids’ of DirtNKids

Posted on November 15, 2019May 11, 2020 by Shannon

Mamas just gotta brag a little sometimes.

Posted in Children, LivingTagged Music, Recital7 Comments

Pocket Prairie: One Month Establishment

Posted on November 6, 2019January 23, 2022 by Shannon

Step 3: PLANT IT.

Posted in Conservation, NatureTagged Fawn, Mulching, Pocket prairie, Restoration, Rewilding, Seed planting8 Comments

Lessons From The Coastal Prairie

Posted on November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 by Shannon

Learning is where it's at, and the prairie has my heart.

Posted in Conservation, NatureTagged Coastal prairie, Lawther Prairie, Seabourne Creek Nature Park, Sunrise14 Comments

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