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Spring Creek Nature Center Goings-On
There are so many reasons to love the Spring Creek Nature Center. Inside the center, displays dazzle young children with live and preserved specimens, coloring areas, quizzes, fun worksheets and nature journals. Outside, there is the forest, which is practically enchanted; filled with lichens, mosses, big trees and little trees. Mud sucked at our shoes…
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Cinco Ranch Nature Trail #3
Last night, I found out where the good ducks go when the sun goes down. It was late, almost time for bed, when we got on the bikes and made for mysterious tunnels, winding moonlit trails tracing the creeks, and wide, never-ending circles around the lake. We got lost a few times, but we eventually…
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Cinco Ranch Nature Trail #2
Last week, our bike ride in which I was observing the birds took place, in part, along the Cinco Ranch Nature Trail. I have decided this is my new favorite place, and was excited about going there with my son and the dogs the other day. It was not quite as restorative as I hoped,…
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Houston Arboretum Hike
Sunday morning, we joined some geocaching friends at the Houston Arboretum for a little hike and social opportunity. I thought maybe we would see some birds and take some pictures, but we did little of those things. I saw a hawk which I actually think was a Broad-winged Hawk in retrospect. There was a little…