This is something that I’ve always wanted to do, and have never done. Now, I’ve hung around outside buildings and watched the moths and other night-time insects come and go… but I’ve never done the full-on, out-in-the-woods, light-and-a-sheet type experience, where you trap moths with light and count and observe and all that. So, I […]
I’m sorry about the previous post being locked – it’s got a lot of information that’s not quite public domain yet. But the general idea, I can give you…. Before Bill Wyatt passed in 2009, he and I had a talk about getting somebody to replicate his silk reel design. These nice folks […]
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We’ve had a beautiful weather year for the garden. The moist spring turned into a warm but not parched summer, and our fall cold front came almost a month early, bringing lovely cooler nights and plenty of rain. Because of the way our weather works in this part of Texas, it’s almost like we have […]
The composting worm bin lives in the upstairs bathroom adjacent to my office/studio room. So when things get weird in the bin, I know about it. I think that I picked up earwig eggs when I added compost from the outdoor compost bin – I always do this to help stock up the micro-flora. However […]
I have a very definite niche. Many of the things that I do, not a lot of people do. And, I document most of what I do – with lots of pictures, which I post online. So, when people are searching the web for something related to my unusual interests, they often find my pictures. […]
This is not a paid ad. I have received no promotional support for this endorsement – I just think these things are cool, and want to tell my friends. We live in a lovely, wooded area of south Dallas. We back up to the confluence of two year-round creeks, Crow Creek and Five Mile Creek. […]
It’s been an exceptionally good season. We had a warm, mild spring, followed by an unusually wet summer – so everything is green and lush! I’ve been a fan of passionflowers for a long time. I have begun seriously collecting the hardy varieties, focusing on flowers and fruit. Many of the new hybrids are cold-hardy […]
Summer is usually a slow time for silk work. I’ve got a couple of wild native species caterpillars going, but no China silkworms, and not a lot of projects in the chute. But in March, I took my silk show on a live news show, to drum up interest in the Dallas Handweavers and Spinners […]
I have been a bad blogger. I got busy, and caught up in other things, and I realized that I haven’t posted here since February, and it’s now mid-July. I realized that part of it, is that I’ve been posting quick photos to Facebook, rather than writing things out; my new phone makes it easy […]