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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

Fire Ant Flickers (#3)

Just in case you had any doubts...

Poking fun at the MSM; Cleverly performed music; bird [mis]identification; universal antivenom on the horizon. And a bit more!

Published Thursday, 15 August 2024, 11:24
Categorized as Books & Writing..., Fire Ant Flickers, Medicine, Music, Photography, Science, Nature & Medicine..., Travel, Wildlife - Birds, Wildlife - Snakes Tagged bluegrass, cormorant, newspapers, style guide, The Cleverlys, ThinkPad, universal antivenom

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 23)

Photo: Redtailed hawk in flight against a backdrop of blue sky and white clouds

We live in an age of reduced expectations when it comes to nature sightings around our house. But all is not lost.

Published Friday, 2 August 2024, 16:30
Categorized as Nature, Wildlife - Birds, Wildlife - Invertebrates Tagged red tailed hawk

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 21)
It's spring and reproduction is in the air!

Photo: Red eared slider on creek bank

We’re contemplating the different ways that life begets life around Casa Fire Ant.

Published Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 21:10
Categorized as Horseshoe Bay, Nature, Wildlife - Birds, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Turtles & Lizards Tagged Carolina wren, caterpillar, Mud turtle, Polyphemus moth

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

Random Thursday

Photo: Two male Northern shovelers in Pecan Creek, Texas

Make your own National ____ Day and stop relying on others. Also, fancy car stuff, and get to know your local dabblers.

Published Thursday, 25 January 2024, 6:15
Categorized as Cars, Memes..., Random Thursday, Society & Culture, Wildlife - Birds Tagged Bentley, Northern shovelers, pie

Random Thursday

Photo: Out-of-focus face with blurred background

Wherein I clarify my health news, discuss rain and bug poop, and feature cute bird videos.

Published Thursday, 5 October 2023, 13:13
Categorized as Big C & Me, Random Thursday, Weather, Wildlife - Birds, Wildlife - Invertebrates Tagged aphids, leaf-footed bug, prostate cancer, uPSA

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 17)

Photo: Two squirrels splooting on our back porch to deal with the heat

The extreme heat isn’t keep the natural denizens from making appearances around our house.

Published Thursday, 3 August 2023, 11:39
Categorized as Nature, Wildlife - Amphibians, Wildlife - Birds, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Turtles & Lizards Tagged brown anole, green anole, gulf coast toad, painted bunting, rock squirrel, Texas Spiny Lizard, tree frog, vine sphinx moth, walkingstick insect

Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 16 – Mammals, Birds, & Reptiles)

Photo: Dragonfly on hibiscus leaf, photographed from below

Part one of Part 16 (confusing, right?) was all about insects. In Part 2, we move higher up the food chain.

Published Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 15:04
Categorized as Nature, Wildlife - Birds, Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Snakes, Wildlife - Turtles & Lizards Tagged anole, diamondback watersnake, geese, rabbit, skunk, Texas Spiny Lizard, turtle, whitetail deer, whitetail fawn

Random Thursday: The Storm Damage Edition

Photo - Sunrise in Horseshoe Bay, Texas

The storms that hit our neighborhood did some pretty significant damage here and there, but it could have been a lot worse.

Published Thursday, 11 May 2023, 14:41
Categorized as Random Thursday, Texas Hill Country, Weather, Wildlife - Birds Tagged cedar elms, damage, red-tailed hawks, storms

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