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The Five R’s of Trash: Don’t Forget ‘Refuse’ and ‘Rot’

Posted on January 28, 2019July 18, 2021 by Shannon

Tired of your waste bin smelling of vomit? Try this on.

Posted in Conservation, LivingTagged Consumption, Organic waste, Recycle, Recycling, Trash reduction, Waste8 Comments

Home Garden: 5 Steps to Stewarding Living Soil

Posted on January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 by Shannon

An easy 5-step toward promoting healthy, living soil with educational resources embedded.

Posted in Animals, Conservation, Food, Gardening, NatureTagged (NRCS) National Resources Conservation Service, Compost, Education, Garden, Infographic, Mycorrhiza, Soil2 Comments

Thanksgiving Day Coastal Loop

Posted on November 24, 2018December 27, 2021 by Shannon

Choice photos/video from our annual Thanksgiving coastal outing.

Posted in Living, NatureTagged American Avocet, American White Pelican, Anahuac NWR, Black skimmer, Green Anole, Monarch butterfly, Queen Butterfly, Ring-billed Gull, Sandhill Crane, Snow goose, Snowy Egret, White-checkered Skipper16 Comments

Autumn Halloween Tradition

Posted on October 31, 2018December 27, 2021 by Shannon

Halloween for DirtNKids is an outdoor affair. Ring in the fall!

Posted in Animals, Family, Living, NatureTagged Autumn, Barred Owl, Camping, Coyote, Fall, Halloween, Jack-o-lantern, Pumpkin, Spider12 Comments

Cicada Song of Summer

Posted on June 21, 2018January 21, 2022 by Shannon

The sound of the Lyric Cicada sings in the first day of summer. Huzzah!

Posted in Insects, Living, Nature, vs. Human habitatTagged Morning, Solitude, Summer, Superb Dog-Day Cicada, White Ibis14 Comments

School Gardens (Overdue) Update: Let It Grow!

Posted on May 1, 2018November 15, 2020 by Shannon

An overdue update about an on-going garden project at school.

Posted in Children, Food, Gardening, Insects, NatureTagged Carrots, Fungus, Making compost, Monarch butterfly, Monarch caterpillar, Raised bed garden, School gardens, Soil, Videos32 Comments

Once In A Lifetime: Super Blue Blood Moon

Posted on January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 by Shannon
The moon in earth's umbra.

'We ran as if to meet the moon.' We caught it!

Posted in Living, NatureTagged Full moon, Lunar eclipse, Photography, Super Blue Blood Moon12 Comments

Colorado Springs Break

Posted on October 10, 2017December 27, 2021 by Shannon
Copulation of Prairie Falcons at Garden of the Gods, Colorado, make a group of friars blush.

Photo subjects of our 2017 Spring Break in Colorado Springs.

Posted in Birds, Living, NatureTagged Birding, Black-billed Magpie, Brown Creeper, Bushtit, Clarks Nutcracker, Colorado Springs, Gray Jay, Hooded Merganser, Mountain Chickadee, Northern Shoveler, Prairie Falcon, Woodhouse Scrub Jay14 Comments

Bizzaro

Posted on September 23, 2017December 27, 2021 by Shannon
The debri pile resulting from more than a hundred homes flooding during the Harvey rains.

When weird gets weirder ...

Posted in LivingTagged Blogging, Facebook, Flooding, WordPress9 Comments

Happy Independence Day (The Vegan Way)

Posted on July 2, 2017July 5, 2018 by Shannon

What better way to celebrate freedom than by setting another free?

Posted in Living, Vegan EthicTagged 4th of July, Animal liberation, Holidays, Just Mayo, Smart Dogs, Top Posts, Traditions, Vegan, Veganism, Watermelon19 Comments

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