I don’t mind holding my cats, but anything else in nature just seems icky. On my way to bed the other night, I noticed a frog gripping the wall at the doorway to the bathroom. That was creepy. Yes, frogs and toads are amphibians, not reptiles, but that would have made a longer blog…

  No, this isn’t one of my one-act inter-active murder mystery comedies. This is about Guinea grass, Urochloa maxima. Left to its own devices, whether we’ve had a three-year drought or great rainfall, Guinea grass (and Berumda grass, Cynondon dactylon, whose roots I swear go to China) are listed in reference books with strong negative…

  As a Navy trained news photographer, I spent a good number of years with a 30-pound camera bag hanging from my shoulder. Now, I’m never without my less-than-one-pound Smartphone in my back pocket. What freedom! I do miss selecting my own shutter speed and f-stop and Texas windy days (of which there are many)…

A lot of trees are blooming in Hugh Ramsey Nature Park and it’s an exciting time of year because not only can you begin to learn to recognize trees, you get to see where they are in the park. So, you’re walking along Ebony Loop in the park and a flash of purple and yellow…

I consider it spring regardless the date on the calendar. I think this because I ’m finding fun surprises in the unmown parts of the yard, earthy cracks in parking lots, road sides and vacant lots around town. Growing up in the mid-west, it was always exciting to see pretty yellow dandelions dot the yard.…

As much fun as it is to go birding with the local pros, I just don’t want to get out that early. And if it’s cold, or worse — cold and rainy — nothing gets me out. I value my year with the birders, though. I wouldn’t have learned so much exciting information on my…