School For Us

Today Alex and I worked on cleaning up the garage... for 3 hours! (She did a lot more playing then cleaning, but I enjoyed her company.) It...

Thanks for the help I received in identifying my mystery bird. It is a Loggerhead Shrike. This sweet looking songbird is actually a vicious...

lex and I are still both recovering from our health problems of the last few weeks. Alex started a second round of antibiotics tonight for h...

I'm lying here on the couch watching the birds for the Great Backyard Bird Count.  Actually, the reason I'm lying here on the couch ...

I have had good intentions of participating in The Great Backyard Bird Count the past few years, but we've never done it. Today, I prin...

There are 8, possibly 9, species of woodpeckers that live in the Eastern Texas Pineywoods. The reason the number is uncertain is because of ...

Last Saturday, Alex and I went to a "talk and walk" about woodpeckers. I loved this class and learned so much! So, I thought I...

We are so excited to be doing Barb's Outdoor Hour Challenges again! This week, she listed several black & white birds as the chall...

I took lots of photos on our trip last week - including LOTS of nature photos. So, I've had to narrow them down and just post a few of m...

I LOVE photography. (Have you noticed?) And, Alexandra has definitely gotten bitten by the photo-bug, too. She took several hundred pictures...

We had a really nice day. The sun was out and we started school very late - about 11 am - but we got to take our time and got finished aroun...

Our nature group went on our monthly outing yesterday. We had a wonderful time! We went to a place called Brazos Bend State Park which is so...