The first 'school trip' of the year, taking a Friday off to have the Houston Museum of Natural Science all to ourselves. Kids want to spend all their time in entomology. All those butterflies and bugs, and I didn't lug the camera bag!
Back from the coast! What a splendid day out with the birds. Couldn't wait to share the feathered joy.
A longish story about how one little hummingbird won our hearts and lost us sleep in the course of a day, making us love its species just a bit more!
A quick post with photos, especially for my birdie-lovers. Bruce the Ruby-throated Hummingbird is my centerfold!
A short video of "The Boss," a male Ruby-throated Hummingbird who has claimed exclusive rights to one of our feeders. The rest are swarming with birds for the fall migration.
A candid note to my kids and to their successful future.
Watch this video that I recently discovered of Dr. Deb Tolman about her keyhole gardening concept. I'm already a believer, but it's time to get my garden up and running! This is just the fire I need.
After several weeks of 'chasing' it, I finally got some decent shots of the roosting tree down the street, loaded with birds. And a spectacular sunset ta boot. Huzzah!
A collection of photos from around the neighborhood. As more and more habitat is destroyed (for wildlife) to make way for more houses (for humans), many animals are making the best of it. We are too...it's really hot.
Caring for soil is easier to do than micro-managing the whole garden. Here is how I spend an hour in the heat of summer to get the soil ready for fall planting.
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