On Friday evening I started seeing folks from around the world posting their aurora borealis photos, not long after sunset. I saw a news snippet or two that said it might be seen as far as some o...
http://oceanicwilderness.com/2024/05/13/aurora-borealis-visits-texas/
Reading took a hit in early March with little inspiration but I was able to pull out some interesting reading mid-month that carried over into most of April. I’m currently in another hiatus. Cy...
http://oceanicwilderness.com/2024/05/07/books-i-read-in-march-and-april-2024/
A year ago we made reservations for a hotel in Copperas Cove to see the total solar eclipse as it made its way through Texas. When the 10 day forecast started looking pretty dismal for most of Te...
Iris season is in full force this week. I always forget to go wander the pond shoreline but Chris sent me photos a few days ago of some of the iris and so last night I wandered around the yard ge...
Well, March zoomed by and between being gone for over a week plus recuperating from travel the week after, its been a lot to take in and even keep up with everything going on around the yard. Her...
I haven’t written anything about our Appalachian Trail hike since March 2020 when I wrote about our 10 year anniversary of starting our thru-hike. Before that it was 2016 the last time I wrote ...
http://oceanicwilderness.com/2024/03/21/return-to-the-appalachian-trail/
Let’s travel back in time to October 2022. It’s been almost a year since we were in Angelina National Forest and I’m itching to get over there again. Some days I wish I lived somewhere in c...
http://oceanicwilderness.com/2024/03/05/boykin-creek-explorations/
My reading slowed in February, which is about how it goes when I come off a bigger month of reading. I thought I would finish another book or two but got a bit bored with a couple of audiobooks I...
http://oceanicwilderness.com/2024/03/01/books-i-read-in-february-2024/
I don’t know if I can express how much I love Gus Engeling WMA. I wish I lived closer to it, though perhaps it wouldn’t be as special? Nah, I think it would and I would probably know its ins ...
http://oceanicwilderness.com/2024/02/23/swooning-over-plants-at-gus-engeling-wma-june-2023/
This is probably my favorite cemetery botanizing from last year. Write up at the end! Nuttall’s Deathcamas, Toxicoscordion nuttallii Yellow star grass, Hypoxis hirsuta Tenpetal anemone, Anemone...
http://oceanicwilderness.com/2024/02/21/cemetery-botanizing-old-sanders-cemetery-5/