Can a Mesquite Tree Talk to You?

  To take respite during these often-hot Texas June days, I have been taking solace under a covered outdoor area on Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus. The shade provides a much welcome place to cool down, have lunch, and check emails, as well as answer texts after I have been out on the campus checking camera…

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Wildflower Wedding With a Killer Reception – My Book Review

 Wildflower Wedding With a Killer Reception, Book 8 by BECKI WILLIS Genre: Cozy Mystery / Romance / Women Sleuths Publisher: Clear Creek Publishing Date of Publication:  Number of Pages:  Scroll down for giveaway! It’s the most anticipated wedding of the year in The Sisters, when Madison Reynolds and Brash deCordova finally tie the knot! Wedding…

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Meet My Favorite Wildflowers of 2019

This year has been great for rain in the Texas Rolling Plains area. The greens seem more vibrant this year and wildflowers have carpeted large areas with their blossoms. Yellows of Gordon’s bladderpod, to clasping coneflowers, to lavenders of horsemint and American basketflowers are just a few of the massive blooms. I’ve been biologically monitoring…

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Max… Attacks – My Book Review

MAX … ATTACKS by KATHI APPELT illustrated by Penelope Dullaghan Children’s Picture Book / Humor / Stories in Verse Publisher: Atheneum / Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Date of Publication: June 11, 2019 Number of Pages: 40Scroll down for the giveaway! Fish and birds and lizards and socks…is there anything Max won’t attack?  Watch your ankles and…

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