The sun rises early in June. Before 7am it climbs above the Trinity River in Dallas quickly burning off the fog and dew that built up the night before. The early morning is a special time to be on the river and one that few people experience. Myself included! Joining me at the Loop 12 Boat …
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There was a little black spot on the sun today. Venus. The photos of Venus Transit were taken in Dallas, Texas in the Trinity River bottom on the evening of June 5, 2012. The Transit was visible across much of the world but Dallas had an extra celestial alignment that evening. The full moon rise …
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With summer at the doorstep the last crop of wildflowers at McCommas Bluff Preserve are making a final brilliant show. The Bluebonnets, Paintbrush, Foxglove and Indian Blanket have given way to Horsemint. Horsemint goes by a number of common names including Lemon Beebalm, Purple Horsemint and Plains Horsemint. The scientific name is Monarda citriodora. The …
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The guy above is at the Loop 12 Boat Ramp after what he described as a “near fatal encounter” with the McCommas Bluff Lock and Dam on the evening of May 27, 2012. He was alligator gar hunting on this stretch of the Trinity River for the first time and was not aware that the …
What are sure to be the very best photos ever taken of whitetail deer in Dallas can be found at the DFW Urban Wildlife website run by Chris Jackson. His website to check out the deer photos can be found here: http://dfwurbanwildlife.com/2012/05/23/mammals/white-tailed-deer-urban-wilderness/ I got to know him via email a few months ago discussing the …
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A brief storm popped up over East Dallas on the evening of May 13, 2012 and meandered south over the Great Trinity Forest. Most of the bottomland down there is flat, save for a pyramid sized mound of dirt at the Wetland Cells that rises above the floodplain some 30 feet. Using that as a …
Solar eclipse May 20, 2012 over the Trinity River in Dallas Texas Inwood-Hampton Road Bridge This was the May 20, 2012 eclipse visible across much of the Western United States and Pacific Rim. In Dallas, seeing the eclipse became an issue when a severe thunderstorm formed over Jack County to the west. The top of …
The story above is by WFAA’s Craig Civale. If anyone wants to use the photos on the blog here feel free. I wish I had some better photos to share. Guess I don’t! If we only knew that photo of him at Lemmon Lake among a bunch of ramshackle old Depression era shacks were to …
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Human Honey Badger Michael Tripp McNair at Joppa Preserve, Great Trinity Forest, with a Copperhead Snake You probably don’t know Michael. But you have seen the impact he has made in Dallas. He’s one of the bike advocates behind cool ideas like bike racks on DART buses and clam shell storage lockers at train stations. …
Two Members of the Knight Riders Riding Club from Waco, Texas riding in the Great Trinity Forest along the Trinity River May 5. 2012 The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. In order to grasp what the Trinity River and the Great Trinity Forest are evolving into one must think of the …
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Dallas Fire Rescue Engine 34 fighting wildfire in Devon Anderson Meadow It was one of those rare Texas spring evenings when the Dallas weather sheds its usual overcoat of humidity and haze for one of the crisp bright Colorado air of Crested Butte or Telluride. Perfect weather for getting outside on a weekday evening after …
Bumblebee on Foxglove at McCommas Bluff By any measure, it has been a rough eight months for what many consider to be the only natural crown jewel of the Trinity River in Dallas, McCommas Bluff. A postcard picturesque chunk of hill country real estate sitting in the middle of what is otherwise a muddy river …
