Thursday, November Twenty-ninth
Just another warm fall day with full overcaat.
Tag: Nature
Sunday, March 26
Warm And Sunny Sunday Morning Coffee Muses
Friday, March 24
A Hippity Hopping Morning Coffee Muses
Front Porch Sitting After Homework
I walked out with my grandson after he did his homework. Immediately I heard my first flock of cedar waxwings fly over. I had been wondering when I would hear them... Oh, and the bird in the flower bed... blame that on my youngest son. He brought it home many…
Thursday, March 23
Sun And Clouds Morning Coffee Muses
Friday, March 17
A Ceiling Fan And Cottontail Morning Coffee Muses
Birthday Road Trip 2017
I've forgotten how long I've been doing this as an annual tradition. It goes back well over a decade. This years trip felt more like my hunt for spring flowers than my birthday.
The Blooms of January
The magnolia doesn't seem to know winter is just starting.
Tuesday Morning Coffee Muses, January 3
There's a fine line the winter temperature must walk for this porch to be comfortable with the sun shining brightly. Today's temperature is flirting with the upper limits of that line. The temperature on the other side of the house is just now moving into the sixties, but here on…
College Park Prairie in Deer Park
I used to drive by this site and not know the significance. Good news! An amazing prairie remnant has been found in Deer Park. It is called the College Park Prairie, named after an adjacent elementary school. This is a 53-acre prairie pothole remnant with a full complement of pimple…
It’s Beginning To Feel A Lot Like Spring
Over the weekend the signs of spring began to reach out and shake my senses. Apple trees are breaking bud and sending forth blooms. This has been one of the first winters since we planted them that all of the leaves have been off the trees at one time. In…
Walk In Nature, It Restores The Mind
“Everybody,” Muir said, “needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” Turns out they were ahead of their time. “Attention Restoration Theory” or ART, which posits that a walk in the woods helps refocus…
Can We Say Biting, Flying, Demons From !*##
After a couple of days of semi-sunny, completely muggy, stay inside weekend days followed by a clear hot Monday we went straight to more rainy muggy days. Tropical moisture has flowed up over the coast to our south now for days. The puddles from last week hadn't even drained to mud, much less dried,…
Seasonal Chores
The Yard The rains last week had me cruising around on Monday for most of the day. I was flying formation with squadrons of dragonflies as I made my rounds on the Deere...The summer numbers are here at last. There must have been a couple of thousand of the flying…
A Rerun Of Spring
The Weather I climbed out of bed this morning to find the temperature had fallen below 70° for the first time in what seems like weeks... Who would have thought that a spring-like morning at the end of May would be reason to celebrate the day. I grabbed my first cup…
The Sounds Of Morning
One of the most interesting sounds to float in the door on this cool mornings is the call of the Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus). Once you hear the loud raucous laugh of a Pileated you will never mistake it for another bird. It is another of those sounds that calls…
Wordless Wednesday
Afternoon Walk In Nature…Boy Is It Ever Hot Here
The heat of the day arrived at about the same time I arrived at Brazos Bend State Park just the other side of the Brazos River from us off of FM 1462 and FM 762.
Late Spring In SE Texas
The afternoon temperatures are closing in on the 90's most days here for the last week. A cool afternoon is one that just tops 80. At least the nights are cool...And that means the mornings are really nice. Only in the late afternoon when the sun moves into that area…
Hunting Spring Wildflowers In Texas
Some of the shots I took yesterday as I played on a roadtrip into Texas Spring... I try each year to make a day trip into the closest wildflower country to my home. The trip takes about two hours just to start seeing good fields of color. Usually, I begin…
One Day In SE Texas In Spring
[ti_billboard name="Spring Day"] We took a drive around the county yesterday...Me and my Nikon. The slideshow above has some of the results...I hope you enjoy.
International Year of Biodiversity
Welcome to the International Year of Biodiversity You are an integral part of nature; your fate is tightly linked with biodiversity, the huge variety of other animals and plants, the places they live and their surrounding environments, all over the world. You rely on this diversity of life to provide…
The Trees Are Calling It Spring Already…
Spring Gradual warming that began earlier this week is forecast to continue through the weekend, and by early next week high temperatures should climb into the mid-70s as warm, wet air flows inland from the Gulf of Mexico. No rain is forecast until late this weekend, according to the National…
Walking With The Sisters
It was a nice place to sit and think for an hour or two. Bayou to the south, woods to the north...Sun in my face, wind at my back. The temperature was in the low 40's, but in the sun that was warm enough.
A Worms Eye View Of Autumn
On my walk today to check the progress of autumn I ended up on my belly looking at the violet seed heads of the grass growing in our field. It made for an interesting photo. I was very happy to have the cloudless blue sky and a cool north breeze…
Fungi Conundrum
Walking out to the mailbox today I spotted this guy growing at the base of one of our live oaks. I don't know what caused the strange pattern of growth, but it is definitely different. Another thing I noticed as I wandered down the drive is the first batch of…
It’s a new week…The first of summer.
I find myself spending more of my time outside than I am used to. Yes, it's hot out...And dry. It almost reminds me of my summer in south Texas back in the early 1970's. Unusually dry heat for Southeast Texas at this time of the year. Walking the trail I've…
Saturday Morning Muse…
Last nights batch of thunder boomers must have dropped a goodly amount (though, more normal) of rain since there are still some rather full puddles in the yard.
Wednesday Morning Muse
Standing out in the backyard with my morning coffee as the sun rises, it was still. There was absolutely no breeze stirring, an unusual occurrence for here, at least lately...Cool and damp with dew on the grass, my body warmed by the rising sun. I was astonished to note the…
Sunday Morning In SE Texas
The day started out overcast but by 10am the clouds were mostly moved out. Temperatures are already mid 70's outside. It should be what would pass for a beautiful summer day in most parts of the country...Here it's just spring! More spring shots from my afternoon walk of the other…
