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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

With A Fairy Hand In Hand

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

The fairy garden gets relocated and 'cleaned up' for spring.

QuotePosted in Children, NatureTagged Fairy garden, Kids2 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

Chicken Pox Sleepover

Posted on February 14, 2016January 21, 2022 by Shannon

How four friends spent a three-day, itchy Valentine's Day weekend.

Posted in Children, LivingTagged Chickenpox, Friendship, Kids, Pencil Drawing, Valentine, Valentine card6 Comments

Big Bend NP: Desert Clarity

Posted on February 3, 2016November 30, 2020 by Shannon

All about The Big Bend, our favorite place to be in Texas, in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary. And to think It only took us 15 years and 10 hours to drive there (1,800 words).

Posted in Family, Living, NatureTagged Big Bend National Park, Big Bend NP, Cactus, Chisos Mountains, Desert, Hiking, Rabbit, Rafting, Rio Grande River, Texas, Texas Rain Sage, Travel22 Comments

A New Year: Looking Up, Looking Back, and Plugging In

Posted on January 13, 2016July 25, 2020 by Shannon

A little catch up for being away so long, DirtNKids will continue into 2016. This dirt party is just getting started, so read on, friends.

Posted in Birds, Family, Nature, vs. Human habitatTagged Big Bend NP, Gardening, Great-horned Owl, Lasagna Garden, Organic waste, Vermillion Flycatcher28 Comments

Reasons To Stay

Posted on December 16, 2015January 21, 2022 by Shannon

Winter is for the birds.

Posted in Birds, Living, Nature, vs. Human habitatTagged Black-chinned Hummingbird, Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Cardinal, Rufous Hummingbird, Yardbirds8 Comments

Ghost Birds: When Flooding Makes A Ghost Town

Posted on December 8, 2015January 21, 2022 by Shannon

How water-sucking and storm flooding can turn a neighborhood into a nature center. Nature rocks.

Posted in Birds, Family, NatureTagged Baytown Nature Center, Birding, Brown-headed Cowbird, Brownwood Subdivision, Chennai, Flooding, Loggerhead Shrike, Osprey, Subsidence, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker7 Comments

Ten Eating Tips To Help You Be A Successful Vegan

Posted on December 4, 2015August 30, 2017 by Shannon

Our top ten tips for being a successful, healthy vegan. No need for anyone to get hurt in the process. Easy peas-y.

Posted in Food, Vegan EthicTagged Top Posts, Top ten, Vegan Ethic, Veganism24 Comments

We Survived Four Days Without The Internet

Posted on November 2, 2015August 30, 2017 by Shannon

A photo journal of how life really does goes on -- disconnected.

Posted in Children, Family, GardeningTagged Halloween, Internet, Leaves, Milkweed, Pumpkin, Top Posts24 Comments

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