School For Us

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...

I can't believe I didn't post about our contaner gardens last spring! In the Houston area, the county extension office in associatio...

I've seen these bird's nest mushrooms before, but not in our backyard! They are so tiny...less than a quarter of an inch wide. I lov...

We had a GORGEOUS day today. We spent some of our school day reading in the backyard. Alex even swam, though I thought it was way too cool! ...

Last night, we decided to watch the 4th of July fireworks from our pool. We turned the light on in the pool and hopped in for some fun. What...

While Alex has been lying around sick today, I've went in the backyard for 2 nature photowalks. I usually crop the photos, but then you ...

Several years ago, we planted a lot of wildflower seeds but not much grew. (It could have been that our yard guys were pulling everything up...

Alex had received a praying mantis kit for Christmas 2007. I finally got around to ordering the mantis egg case and it arrived about 3 weeks...

Last week, we had a couple of mud dauber nests. My father-in-law was in town and he took them down for us. This one was made right over our ...

Over the past several weeks, Alexandra and I have been documenting our ladybugs almost daily. We've never seen anything like this! It st...

While Alexandra and my husband swam Sunday evening, I walked around the yard taking some photos. (It is stilll too cold for me!) This is the...