The Texas drought had brought the animals to roving. Around Easter we saw a snake in the Pedernales River, its head perked just over the surface. We had to pause while driving into Reimer’s Ranch because an enormous brown snake was coiled in the middle of the road and needed time to slither its thick [...]
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Hueco Tanks and deserts-to-be
Posted by melaniejoya on August 13, 2011
http://motionlessbirds.wordpress.com/2011/08/13/hueco-tanks-and-deserts-to-be/
Reimer’s Ranch
The limestone at Reimers Ranch is so intimately shaped by water it looks alive and full of tentacles. We went climbing there on Sunday. It had been drizzling on and off all day so we had the park virtually to ourselves! Below, the Pedernales River snaked blue-green. Little ferns are coming up for spring. We did [...]
Posted by melaniejoya on March 8, 2010
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Enchanted Rock
It was almost five by the time we got to our campsite and put up our tents so we walked to the top of Buzzard’s Roost on the east side of the park and watched the light change. Oh Texas, you have my heart. TX Parks and Wildlife says: Tonkawa Indians believed ghost fires flickered [...]
Posted by melaniejoya on March 2, 2010
http://motionlessbirds.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/372/
My novella, City in the River, City in the Forest, available from Hag's Head Press
Incident at Love Canal, with Christine Shea!
