Hiking crew: Dianne Frossard, Amy Martin, Scooter Smith Photos: Amy Martin. A small group tackled the Trinity Forest Trail (TFT) southern section on a partly cloudy day that was surprisingly warm. While city materials show a […]
North Texas Wild: Urban prairie hidden in Crawford Park
Little bluestem grows on the 27-acre Blackland prairie remnant in Crawford Memorial Park. Courtesy of iNaturalist/Tania Homayoun. By Amy Martin Feb. 13, 2018 Are you a vertical snob, impressed only by the tall? Does nature have to […]
P ost O ak P reserve: Trail Report for NTMN
P ost O ak P reserve Address: 1501 Bowers Road, Seagoville, Texas Acres: 335 Trails: 1.2 mile loop soft-surface trail that extends to a lake and returns to parking lot. Bisected by asphalt access road […]
Green Neighborhoods: Fort Worth Cultural District can be a walk in the park
The Fort Worth Botanic Garden is one of the green jewels found in the Cultural District. Courtesy of Fort Worth Botanic Garden. By Amy Martin Jan. 30, 2018 The West Fork of the Trinity […]
Freaky Feet: Post Oak Preserve in Seagoville: Bushwhacking the Savannah – Jan 27, 2018
Post Oak Preserve in Seagoville A project of Dallas County Open Space in conjunction with the adjacent DISD Environmental Learning Center. Directions, parking, and naturalist nerd links at end. Hiking crew: Lisa Blackford, Valerie Grimes, […]
Women’s March Dallas 2018: Pink Strength
Attending the 2017 Women’s March in Austin was a wild ride. Plans for a Dallas one seemed vague, and the charter buses to Austin were filling up, so off I went to the capitol. But […]
Freaky Feet: Crawford Memorial Park – Jan 6 2018
8700 Elam Rd, Dallas, TX 75217 – southeast Dallas in southern Pleasant Grove near where Elam or Prairie Creek Rd. and US 175, just east of S. Buckner 3 miles east of the Trinity River Audubon […]
Joy to the Circus
Photos: Zan Keith Photography. Slappy and Monday, above; Johnathan Lee Iverson, below. Cirque Joyeux, the latest from the Dallas-based Lone Star Circus, offers up an entertaining holiday show at Dallas Children’s Theater. by Amy Martin […]
2018 Cosmic Calendar
by Amy Martin www.Moonlady.com Many seasonals and New and Full Moons fall on weekends this year, and several holidays coincide with lunar events. . . Full Moon weekends in March, April (Wesak!), July, August, and December […]
Earth, Sky, Fun: Cirque du Soleil’s Varekai
The visual and conceptual weirdness of Cirque du Soleil’s Varekai moves from Fort Worth to Frisco this week. by Amy Martin published Monday, December 18, 2017 Fort Worth — The cosmic union of Earth (a petite yellow […]
North Texas Wild: Mathews Prairie goes into win column for prairie preservationists
By Amy Martin The Native Prairies Association of Texas raised $60,000 this fall to purchase and maintain the 100-acre Mathews Prairie outside of Greenville. Photos courtesy of Amy Martin. Dec. 12, 2017 Every day a few […]
