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Solitude in Cross Creek Ranch
A rare thing happened last week. My two year old came home from daycare and went to sleep. Suddenly, we had spare time. I offered my husband first rights of refusal, but he wanted to stay home. Not me. I left and headed out to my favorite place, the wetlands at Cross Creek Ranch. I out…
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McKinney Falls State Park, Last Month
Last month, we explored a state park we hadn’t been to yet, as part of my ambitious camping plan I planned out last fall. The older boys opted to spend the weekend at Grandma’s house. Somehow this was preferable to spending the weekend in close quarters with us, which might be a sign that we have…
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March for Science – Houston
My ten year old son stands in the right hand corner of this photo, trying to hold our signs up while I take the photo. By this time, he is hot, tired and ready to go. He wasn’t interested in finding a place to sit or stand to listen to the pro-science speeches after the…
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Estero Llano State Park, in Photos
*not pictured: the Common Pauraque that we only observed from the ranger’s scope, nor the Golden Fronted Woodpeckers that were often seen, some even from just outside our hotel, and many others
