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Going To Church

Posted on September 27, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

Praise, awe, and morality do not necessarily require a weekly visit to a building with walls, concrete parking spaces, and air-conditioning.

Posted in Birds, Gardening, Living, NatureTagged Birding, Brazoria NWR, Brazos Bend State Park, Farm Co-op, Fawn, Osprey, Ox Beetle Larva, Reddish Egret, White-tailed deer, Wildflowers3 Comments

Once In a Strawberry Moon (Sound!)

Posted on June 20, 2016December 19, 2021 by Shannon

Last seen in 1967.

Posted in Living, NatureTagged Frog, Full moon, Solstice, Soundcloud, Summer2 Comments

Red-Eared Slider: Days From Hatching

Posted on June 17, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

Some photos and video of red-eared slider embryos, just days from hatching!

Posted in Animals, Children, Living, Nature, ReptilesTagged Creek, Incubation, Red-eared Slider, Turtle, YouTube5 Comments

Share Your Garden! My Zero-Work Garden, Giant Zucchini and Second Year Eggplant

Posted on June 15, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

DirtNKids late spring garden update. Jump on in and get your hands dirty, share a current photo of your garden here!!

Posted in Food, GardeningTagged Fawn, Gardening, Kale, Lasagna Garden, Okra, Summer, Tomato, White-tailed deer, Zucchini12 Comments

Holding Steady

Posted on June 4, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

Daily obsession with a stick gauge.

Posted in Living, NatureTagged Brazos River, Creek, Flooding, Stevie Ray Vaughan, YouTube11 Comments

Road-Swallowing River

Posted on May 31, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

Views of Houston water drainage, Brazos River...flooding of potentially historic proportions.

Posted in Living, NatureTagged Brazos River, Creek, Flooding, Onion, Texas17 Comments

Here We Go Again

Posted on May 28, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

Flooding now seems like an annual event.

Posted in Living, Nature, vs. Human habitatTagged Creek, Flooding, Texas9 Comments

Minimally Digital, A (Wet) April Outdoors

Posted on April 18, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

A (nearly) wordless post. Still mostly off-line, here's April in a few pictures.

Posted in LivingTagged Alligator, Anhinga, Common Yellowthroat, Coopers Hawk, Flooding, Leaves, Rain, Rain barrel, Yardbirds2 Comments

Rodeo Brainwash, Negative Votes, and Mama Bada55ery

Posted on March 15, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

How rodeo is a lot like another practice that we've made illegal, and Mama and kids enter into intermediate martial arts.

Posted in Family, LivingTagged Animal ethics, Election, Houston Rodeo, Martial arts, Negative vote, Orange belt, Taekwondo, Vegan Ethic, Veganism, Voting13 Comments

Keyhole Lettuce – Week 1

Posted on February 19, 2016July 25, 2020 by Shannon

A peek at the lettuce in the keyhole garden after one week.

Posted in Food, GardeningTagged Drought garden, Keyhole garden, Lettuce, Raised bed garden, Vegan Ethic10 Comments

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