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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

Bunny Wood Chippers (Video!)

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

A silly bunny video for your Monday.

VideoPosted in Animals, RabbitsTagged Animal rescue, YouTube2 Comments

Mish Mash Monday – May 2

Posted on May 2, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

After more than a year, the Mish Mash Monday is back! And as there is a lot of great stuff to share, MMM may be here to stay.

Posted in Children, Insects, Nature, Vegan EthicTagged Animal ethics, Awareness, Books, Butterfly, Diane Rehm, Humane Society, Mish Mash, Monarch butterfly, VeganismLeave a comment

Discovery: Red-eared Slider Clutch

Posted on May 1, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

We are raising turtles indoors again. Come watch!

Posted in Children, Nature, ReptilesTagged Egg, Red-eared Slider, Turtle4 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

So Long, Old Man Winter (Sound!)

Posted on March 20, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

A few yardbird pics and an update of life at DirtNKids in early spring. (Plus...another sound byte for your listening pleasure!)

Posted in Birds, Children, NatureTagged Black Vulture, Hooded Merganser, Pileated woodpecker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Rufous Hummingbird, San Luis Pass, Winter, Yardbirds8 Comments

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