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First Field Trip, Spider Coffee and Bug Poop Tea

Posted on October 4, 2015January 21, 2022 by Shannon

The first 'school trip' of the year, taking a Friday off to have the Houston Museum of Natural Science all to ourselves. Kids want to spend all their time in entomology. All those butterflies and bugs, and I didn't lug the camera bag!

Posted in Family, Insects, NatureTagged Entomology, Museum, Spider, Sunrise, Swing set14 Comments

The End of An Era

Posted on July 25, 2015January 21, 2022 by Shannon

The old swing set finds new purpose in an old/new space.

Posted in Living, TreesTagged Creek, Recycling, Swing set, Trash reduction8 Comments

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