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Going Coastal With Friends

Posted on October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 by Shannon

The beach is a special place, especially for bloggers to meet.

Posted in Living, NatureTagged American Oystercatcher, Autumn, Beach, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Blogging, Galveston Island, Ghost crab, Goat's-foot Morning Glory, Herring Gull, Seaside Goldenrod, Shark-eye Moon Snail17 Comments

Keeping Tabs on Bats

Posted on October 3, 2019October 4, 2019 by Shannon

Pay attention. These creatures are more important to you than you know.

Posted in Conservation, NatureTagged Bat, Bat Conservation International, Education, Mexican Free-tailed Bat18 Comments

When It Rains, It Spores

Posted on September 20, 2019October 1, 2019 by Shannon

It may be cliché, but it's true when 15" of rain pours in 3 hours.

Posted in Family, Living, NatureTagged Bolete, Flooding, Fungus, Monarch butterfly, Mushrooms, Rain, Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Summer19 Comments

Pocket Prairie: Under Cover

Posted on July 30, 2019January 23, 2022 by Shannon

An on-going project, mulching revives the life removed.

Posted in Conservation, Nature, vs. Human habitatTagged Education, Lawther Prairie, Milkweed, Mulching, Pocket prairie, Restoration, Rewilding, Wildflowers15 Comments

Meet Me In The Summertime

Posted on July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 by Shannon

And I will meet you there.

Posted in Animals, Children, Family, Living, NatureTagged Black Swallowtail, Cecropia moth caterpillar, Cousin, Lily, Pocket prairie, Rainbow, Rat snake, Summer19 Comments

Pocket Prairie: Death of a Turf Grass

Posted on July 2, 2019January 23, 2022 by Shannon

The birth of a pocket prairie. Nature HEALS!

Posted in Conservation, Nature, vs. Human habitatTagged Flooding, Grasses, Katy Prairie Conservancy, Pocket prairie, Restoration, Rewilding, Selah Ranch, Solarizing10 Comments

Fruit, Figs and Fungi Friends

Posted on July 1, 2019June 4, 2021 by Shannon

Still doubt the lowly fungus? It's the real organic garden Super Hero.

Posted in Food, Gardening, Living, TreesTagged Apple, Compost, Fig, Fruit, Fungus, Mycorrhiza, Organic waste, Summer, Tomato, Trees10 Comments

Taking Time To Shoot The Birds

Posted on June 30, 2019December 27, 2021 by Shannon

A late-ish spring birding post on the Texas coastal prairies. With pictures.

Posted in Birds, Conservation, NatureTagged Birding, Black-throated Green Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Cliff Swallow, Common Nighthawk, Dickcissel, Migration, Sanderling, Spring, Summer Tanager, Swainson's Hawk, Whooping Crane9 Comments

Urban Re-wilding: Can Lawns and Wildflowers Get Along?

Posted on April 8, 2019June 7, 2019 by Shannon

It's possible, if we give Nature a chance.

Posted in Conservation, Insects, Nature, vs. Human habitatTagged American Lady, Buckeye, Clover, Evening Primrose, Fleabane, Forest Tent Moth Caterpillar, Herbertia Lahue, Pocket prairie, Texas Butterweed, Wildflowers, Windflower29 Comments

Buried, Unburied. Buried Again.

Posted on March 18, 2019June 4, 2021 by Shannon

Ramblings from a disorganized Mom.

Posted in Living, NatureTagged Bomb cyclone, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Flower, Snow storm, Spring break, Vacation, Winter30 Comments

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