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NATURAL BEAUTY
I’ve often contemplated the function of beauty. In my past musings, I have dreamed beauty away as inconsequential, a passing fancy, a temporary state that exists simply as a basis of initial attraction. I didn’t want to believe in the meaning of beauty, because to say that it has purpose, and then to admit that…
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TEXAS CHALLENGE 2011
We’ve been anticipating this year’s Texas Challenge for a long time now. Last year was my brother’s first time to participate in this type of format for geocaching, and it fed right into his competitive nature. His local region did not have a team of their own last year, so he played for our team,…
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Lake Jackson: Gulf Coast Bird Observatory and Wilderness Park
This past weekend, we attended a bird banding workshop at the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory location in Lake Jackson. These bird bandings are held every third Saturday from 8 am to noon and are open to the public. I personally was interested in being able to identify more birds. We were also interested in using…
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Katy Prairie Conservancy
On an unusually cold Saturday morning, we went out for a drive along Katy’s back roads to explore the Katy Prairie Conservancy sites. Our primary mission was birding related. He had just gotten a new pair of nice binoculars for his birthday, and lately we’ve become more interested in the birds. Well, he’s always been…