tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025544420786880262024-02-19T02:33:48.877-06:00SEE TRAILOf fledged Falco, Ceratomia v. Lintneria, and other high-desert grassland musings.MWYorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473110196405997770noreply@blogger.comBlogger324125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-33191812742343117842014-10-26T15:18:00.001-05:002014-10-26T15:18:24.096-05:00All Good Things...must come to an end.
This has been a silent blog for a while, but it is going dark. Thank you for the memories.heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-36201814123524325382014-01-05T14:23:00.002-06:002014-01-05T14:23:48.474-06:002013 - tl;dr versionThe highlights:
We bought a house and have TWO working toilets now, not to mention, a couch.
We went to Germany and the Netherlands.
We saw birds and birders. Notably, Rufous-necked Wood Rail, a ton of European birds, and local things. Laura Erickson is wonderful. So are her books.
The lowlights:
My dad died on moving weekend.
Steve (friend, mentor, birder) died right before Thanksgiving.
Jobsheidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-82048737705701271762013-10-03T14:04:00.001-05:002013-10-03T14:04:35.319-05:00sockses Nekkid dog has some paw pad irritation, so to distract her from licking at it loudly all night while gnawing it raw... socks! On both feet! Keeps her symmetry intact. Symmetry is important when it's all you have left. Dignity? Might be back in another week or so.
Big puppy is sad that he's not getting as much attention. So we cleaned his ears and that made him sad that he was getting the heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-15481025045385539472013-09-03T16:34:00.002-05:002013-09-03T16:34:37.802-05:00sights of progress
Our guest Chihuahua for a few weeks: The Little.
She's not too sure about the big puppy or the middle puppy, but she does like the back of the couch and the foot of the bed. Also, walks. Lots of walks. She gets carried for the rocky stretches though.
Left, button bush. Right, New Mexican olive.
Two mystery shrubs and a huisache, a barely visible New Mexican olive and even heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-42979530063588245892013-08-29T15:35:00.000-05:002013-09-03T15:56:01.053-05:00Non-Brewster summer adventures
This is by no means a comprehensive overview of some of the madness, but...
Hey, check it - when you go to replace a tub faucet and the whole PIPE twists... that's a bad thing.
And a photo of Nauga that *almost* renders here semi-photogenic:
My life mink, at the Lake Waco Wetlands:
End-of-life dragonfly experiencing the kiss-of-death (hug-of-death?) from a robber fly, heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-28862872569726303382013-06-17T16:50:00.000-05:002013-06-17T16:51:59.685-05:00Important posts in the blogosphereThe first, a remarkably important topic tackled by Brooke McDonald. The second, a needed response.
http://blog.aba.org/2013/06/open-mic-the-field-glass-ceiling-women-mcdonald.html
http://paintedbunny.blogspot.com/2013/06/shards-of-glass.html
Bird on!heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-52539879661765186582013-03-24T16:25:00.000-05:002013-03-24T16:25:01.508-05:00I-20 Wildlife PreserveWithout any intentional birding time scheduled, and no photos (whoops), I cobbled together a Texbirds post from March 18th's quick jaunt around the darn-new and mind-boggling site of Midland's new birding hotspot. Anyone wishing to attempt a birding trail, preserve, park, photography trail, whatever... this is a prime example of things done RIGHT. Quality blinds, trails, boardwalks and overlooks heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-26955571290676877422013-01-24T20:05:00.000-06:002013-01-24T20:05:44.954-06:00Semi-annual UpdateThe 2012 review is up at Big Bend Nature.com and that means we're off the hook for more bird/bug updates for this post... right? Guess that leaves the pithy, lifey stuff...
Jan - hey, rare birds ARE life to us; Nutting's Flycatcher was some Herculean feat of masochism in spite of being a life bird for both of us. The bird called twice in something like two hours of our first observation and the heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-35196859484421004152013-01-04T16:26:00.000-06:002013-01-06T10:46:35.355-06:00Snow in Marathon!Also, we're at 33233 page views for this blog, says Google. But more importantly, a real family photo! Anakin is wearing his fancy harness and new collar (not that you can see it under all that fur!) and Matt is wearing a camo scarf (that's why you can't see it) knit by Kindli. Nauga is wearing her thrift-store onesie under her windbreaker and harness, and I'm sporting the bright orange heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-67045052701867313882012-12-05T18:38:00.000-06:002012-12-06T19:35:55.978-06:00yard list revisitedNo posts here since October!? Oh dear. We were tied up with the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival in early November (leading trips this time around) and then were up in NW Missouri for Thanksgiving with the family, and now we're recovering from a Lubbock County Northern Shrike Chase (27 hrs, 2 of which were spent watching the bird!)
Since the last yard list update, whenever it was (apparently heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-75435086234105896912012-10-06T19:25:00.000-05:002012-10-06T21:16:18.975-05:00DIY and shareboxAt some point before wrapping things up at Sul Ross, I crocheted a string scarf of an amazing dark brown and iridescent, color-changing combination... don't recall the brand, but it was "fiesta" something-or-other as a name/dye batch/stuff. Crocheting with it was so fun that I made two more string-style scarves, but both in a sort of fishnet pattern. And I added some rainbow ribbon to each, to heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-22792220670464043372012-09-27T20:30:00.000-05:002012-09-27T21:52:57.845-05:00Thanks, Spring Valley Elementary!Wow, Midway ISD has some great bugs. In the past, there have been some first county records for moths (Vine Sphinx comes to mind) and Mrs. York, a counselor at Spring Valley Elementary, has been kind enough to send more photos to us! All of these are from September 2012.
Cicada species, possibly Tibicen genus.
The bug above is a cicada - they make that heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-50938472094685742182012-09-19T17:17:00.000-05:002012-10-06T21:15:14.940-05:00one shirt, two shirt, red skirt, blue skirtSorry for the false advertising, no red skirt here. However, these are my non-jean skirt projects (t-shirt skirts are amazing!), in almost-chronological order of completion:
Original tye-dye. Modified in 2009,
the least-innovative of the shirt-skirt
designs, though most iconic in shape.
Made in a chemistry class sometime
around 2004 or early 2005... good times.
(Here's the how-it-was-made heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-70292180558442092062012-09-18T22:00:00.000-05:002012-09-19T17:20:12.171-05:00wedding dress alterationNo, I'm not talking about the DIY dress I wore to a wedding... though it somewhat counts...
The original material:
It was after cutting up the jeans that I realized that they were technically 1/2 of my wedding attire. So the before picture is... plain jeans. They looked like jeans. That photo there? Matt and I had just gotten married. So jeans totally count as a wedding dress. Atheidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-68599115678133486652012-08-23T19:42:00.004-05:002012-08-23T19:44:34.954-05:00Adventures with NaugaBack story: Nauga was adopted in March of 2011. At the time, she had a litter of four pups and the shelter, Grand Companions, had asked if we wanted a puppy. We do not do puppies. But having a soft spot for nekkid dogs, we came home with the mother of the batch. Ming is now Nauga. Lo, I think, was the father (he looked like Naug, but black with a white mohawk). Pups were Han, Leia, Chewy and YodaSee Trailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12576748225574085303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-86756029269259186912012-08-05T17:34:00.003-05:002012-08-05T17:34:48.924-05:00shoestring; shoes on a stringI am not a shoe enthusiast. I do not collect shoes. I dislike shopping for shoes. I barely tolerated flip flops until college - prior to that I was a wearer of socks. Shoe tolerance has always been iffy.
The recent influx of additional flops into my life caused me great distress. Crafting angst occasionally sneaks up on me and Something. Must. Be. Done. As was the case with the soulless flops (See Trailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12576748225574085303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-4617163162985264862012-08-05T15:12:00.000-05:002012-08-05T15:12:31.904-05:00Texas Rat Snake dilemmaFriends on facebook who have been following this adventure know that it started with an update:
BEST HUBBY EVER!! Brought me a Texas Rat Snake =D Yes, Sky, it is has been taken into custody until further notice. My sewing tote will need to be laundered after this, though.
...Sky Stevens was tagged in the note because last time the snake - this snake? - was found and identified, there was See Trailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12576748225574085303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-71594724615704065792012-07-31T13:57:00.000-05:002012-08-05T15:17:59.939-05:00Return of the bike flopsIn May of 2011, there was a lovely post about Bike Tire Flip Flops. Last time we saw them on the blog, they looked like this: flop + glue + tire.
And that lasted all of perhaps two months. School kicked in and "real shoes" became part of the routine and my crafty angst was pent up for... a while. I kept looking at the curled tires, still glued securely at the heel of the See Trailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12576748225574085303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-44800143899971982222012-07-27T21:54:00.000-05:002012-07-27T21:55:07.009-05:00then and nowRandal Davey Audubon Center, Santa Fe, NM
August 2009
July 2012
heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-32080069763741356742012-06-25T17:48:00.004-05:002012-06-25T17:48:43.584-05:00Marfa Public Radio, one more time!I'll add a note when the archived version of "Talk at Ten" is posted, but until then: Matt and I were on Marfa's NPR station today! It was almost a year ago when we were last on to discuss drought impacts on birds - this time the news was much better. Hopefully folks will check out the Gage Gardens (which is recovering from a good bit of hail damage) and otherwise investigate the festival, which heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-21012478716374731642012-06-15T22:43:00.002-05:002012-06-17T12:26:25.412-05:00It's not a t-shirt!Last weekend I attended a wedding in California... this is impressive because I pretty much never make it to weddings. Even local ones. But this one I would not have missed for the world. It involved two of my favorite people on the planet - one I've known since June of 2005 and the other who has been a delightful pen-pal since May of 2010 - and I may have heckled them mercilessly until they heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-64566478136579683712012-05-31T20:55:00.000-05:002012-05-17T11:45:36.026-05:00Save the date!X-posted over at our big bend blog -
Guess two members of this larger team effort....
I'll spot you Kenn Kaufman.
heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-48814395630620311692012-05-17T17:44:00.000-05:002012-06-17T12:27:36.203-05:00Oh the shirts you can shirtToday's adventures in t-shirt demolition: a really ugly tank top from a friend's sister.
Goal: make it not look so ugly... besides, blue and yellow are pretty.
Vision: remove the ugly, but then what? [spoiler: it turns into a halter top]
Step 1: Stare at the fugly tank top. It's already been customized, but not in a flattering way.
Step 2: Run a drawstring through 1/2heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-39264657658660948772012-05-17T11:45:00.002-05:002012-05-17T11:45:19.165-05:00Just like a puppy we know...heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702554442078688026.post-9544993845583656182012-05-14T11:56:00.000-05:002012-05-17T13:14:24.661-05:00Brewster County foodThere's absolutely nothing artistic about the food served at Eve's Garden Bed & Breakfast.
Nope. Nothing at all.
Especially not baked pears. Move along...
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Instead of going to my high school graduation, I went to the Rio Grande Valley for a week; instead of going to my own graduation from Sul Ross State University, I slept in, heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376018353561979984noreply@blogger.com0