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Prairie Notes are monthly photo/journal observations from Tandy Hills Natural Area by Founder/Director, Don Young. They include field reports, flora and fauna sightings, and more, mixed with a scoop of dry humor and a bit of philosophy. They are available free to all who get on the FOTHNA email list.

The Engulfed Death Car of Tandy Creek
10/27/11

I felt the hair on my neck stand up
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Horizontal Grandeur
10/02/11

A single Monarch butterfly dances around the prairie, searching for an elusive bit of pollen
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Summer of My Roadrunner
08/31/11

The Greater Roadrunner seems intent on becoming the Official Bird of Tandy Hills Natural Area.
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Fashionably Brown
07/31/11

According to fashion forecasters, brown will be the "IN" color this Fall. Thanks to a near-record drought, a visit to Tandy Hills Natural Area will give you a preview of the Fall collections.

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Trees of Life

07/01/11

For my money there is no landscape more beautiful, more rich and more comforting than a wide-open tall-grass prairie.
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Beyond the Range of Sight

05/31/11

Despite high humidity, heat, mud, steep hills and a brief rain shower, the inaugural, FOTHNA-sponsored field trips for FWISD students took place at Tandy Hills on May 11 and 12
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Multum in Parvo

05/01/11
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Calendar of the Soul
04/03/11
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Beauty & Truth
02/28/11
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Friends, Romans & Puff-balls
01/31/11
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