The fairy garden gets relocated and 'cleaned up' for spring.
The End Of The Day
Some recent dusk shots and an end-of-the-day quote from Jesse Jackson.
Keyhole – Week 2
The keyhole is still cranking! Lettuce is forming tight heads with the cool temps that finally came through.
Memorial Park Birding
A weekly birding outing roots out new birds for the 2016 list as well as direct comparison of similar duck species.
Keyhole Lettuce – Week 1
A peek at the lettuce in the keyhole garden after one week.
72 Heads, 79 Degrees and One Cat
Only lettuces in the garden, on hot winter days, and a cat comes to the all-you-can-eat bird buffet.
Big Bend NP: Desert Clarity
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).
Birding Big Bend
♥ I can't think of a better way to start a new year than birding with my family. As we reset our annual species count for the new year -- as we've done the three previous ones -- our first-week-of-the-year trip to Big Bend National Park resulted in several birds we would not otherwise have … Continue reading Birding Big Bend
A New Year: Looking Up, Looking Back, and Plugging In
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.
Backyard Feathers: The Best of 2015 Birding (Part 2)
There are those we watch and those we chase. Here are 20 bird portraits of our most photogenic yard residents (Part 2).