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Radiation Cessation Elation
The next step in the journey is complete. Now we wait.

Photo: Bell signifying the end of a round of cancer treatment

My radiation therapy is finished. It’s another step in the journey, but it was a pretty big one.

Published Saturday, 26 April 2025, 14:51
Categorized as Big C & Me, Science, Nature & Medicine..., Texas Hill Country, Uncategorized Tagged cancer, radiation

Fire Ant Flickers (#8)
It's been an interesting week in and around Casa Fire Ant

Photo: Cherry pie topped with vanilla ice cream
Cherry pie and Blue Bell ice cream: a match made in Heaven!

Pie, drought, dogs, turtles, sitcoms, and buzzards: there’s something for everyone!

Published Saturday, 15 March 2025, 13:20
Categorized as Food & Drink, Texas Hill Country, Weather, Wildlife - Birds, Wildlife - Turtles & Lizards Tagged Better Off Ted, cherry pie, drought, Kim's Convenience, snapping turtle

Rascally Ranas & Calamatous Castores*
*¿Habla español?

Tree frog on a gate latch

Tree frogs have taken up residence in our flower pot, raising the inevitable question: will they form a homeowners association? Also, we’ve got beavers!

Published Thursday, 29 August 2024, 8:36
Categorized as Horseshoe Bay, Texas Hill Country, Uncategorized, Wildlife - Amphibians, Wildlife - Mammals Tagged beaver, nutria, tree frog

Fire Ant Flickers (#1)
The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Altered photo of lighthouse on Lake LBJ (Texas)

Welcome to the first installment of Fire Ant Flickers, which is indistinguishable from a Random Thursday post, but that’s just a fluke of timing. Really.

Published Thursday, 11 July 2024, 13:57
Categorized as Fire Ant Flickers, Horseshoe Bay, Photography, Texas Hill Country, Weather, Wildlife - Invertebrates Tagged butterfly, kayak, Sea Eagle, wasp

Caterpillar Craziness
In which we address the eternal question: why did the caterpillar cross the road?

Stylized image of a West Texas dust storm
Full disclosure: this is not AI, but it's also not the Texas Hill Country

From roving caterpillars to stick mimics, we’ve got your butterfly and moth larvae action here.

Published Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 18:00
Categorized as Texas Hill Country, Wildlife - Invertebrates Tagged caterpillars, salt marsh moth, stick mimic caterpillar

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 20)
Flowers and vultures and reptiles...oh my!

Photo: Field of Indian Blankets interspersed with bluebonnets
A true field of dreams

Spring 2024 presents a beautiful and varied look at Nature, in the form of both plants and animals.

Published Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 11:27
Categorized as Plant Life, Texas Hill Country, Wildlife - Birds, Wildlife - Turtles & Lizards Tagged Black vultures, Carolina anoles, Indian paintbrush, Texas spiny lizards, Turkey vultures

Nature Happens
Texas Hill Country spring is the best spring.

Photo: Sunrise via drone @ 384' altitude
Horseshoe Bay sunrise from 384'

Spring 2024 is almost here, officially, but Mother Nature is already showing off in the Texas HIll Country.

Published Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 16:22
Categorized as Nature, Plant Life, Texas Hill Country, Wildlife - Mammals Tagged bluebonnets, deer, fox, raccoon, Texas Hill Country

Random Thursday: The Eclipse Mania Edition
Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

Graphic: Black rectangle with white circle in the middle
Artist rendering of total solar eclipse (not drawn to scale)

This eclipse thing is making folks bonkers. We’ve got a rundown of some examples, and some useful resources explaining the phenomenon.

Published Thursday, 14 March 2024, 12:52
Categorized as Nature, Random Thursday, Texas, Texas Hill Country, Weather Tagged Apocalyptic warnings, Total solar eclipse

Photo Friday
Snaps and stories from the past few weeks

Photo: Grainy black and white photo of a double rainbow

Double rainbows, music legends, and bluebonnets on the way…it’s been a great time to take photos.

Published Friday, 9 February 2024, 16:24
Categorized as Music, Nature, Photography, Texas Hill Country, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged Augie Meyers, bluebonnets, Hotel Emma, Los Texmaniacs, rainbows, San Antonio

Reptilandia: A great zoo gets even better
A long-awaited expansion doesn’t disappoint.

Photo: Exhibit in tropical wing of Reptilandia Reptile Lagoon, Johnson City, TX
One of the new exhibits in the tropical wing.

The Reptilandia Reptile Lagoon has upped its game considerably with the opening of its new tropical exhibit building.

Published Wednesday, 3 January 2024, 9:55
Categorized as Texas Hill Country, Wildlife - Amphibians, Wildlife - Snakes, Wildlife - Turtles & Lizards Tagged Axototl, Bearded anole, Gaboon viper, Komodo dragon, Sailfin dragon, Sungazer, Woma python

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