We had sure had a great long weekend. Just got the pictures downloaded this morning — around 800 of them! — more soon. This is what the view was like from the back porch of the house where the NPAT board meeting was held. That’s a truly ancient cottonwood tree and desert grasses. So pretty. […]
Nature
Critters, wildflowers, prairies, butterflies, and more!
A great birthday.
Yesterday was a great day — my boss found out it was my birthday and he insisted that I take the day off — what a guy! So a good friend and I went hiking for about 7 hours starting at St. Edwards Park, through Bull Creek Preserve and back — click to see the […]
What a weekend!
What a great weekend! Saturday we talked to two landowners about putting conservation easements on their prairies. The first one was a 2 hour drive away, and the next one was about a half hour past that. Then we drove an extra hour — almost to Houston — to see Nash Prairie. Wow. It was […]
Blog banner updated.
Yep, that’s a tree made out of sideoats. hee hee. I got the idea this fall when I was photographing the blooms fror the symposium — the flower stamens are red. Did you know that sideoats is the state grass of Texas? I’ll have to rustle up some photos so you can see the whole […]
I can smell, too!
One of the things I was worried about when having the sinus surgery was whether my sense of smell would be the same or not. Jason always says that if I had a super power, it would be my sense of smell. He even claims that I can “smell the future”, ha. Yesterday I went […]
Arc of Triumph
Here’s my favorite photo taken during the symposium weekend so far — I still have a bunch left to process. A spider had knitted two Indiangrass blooms together to form the perfect arc. Wow. Photo taken on a field trip to Bob and Mickey Burleson’s prairie remnant near Temple, TX. I was helping out by […]