A week full of fires that will go down in history… this image says it all! Jordan Hall Sierra Lindsey Brenda Brown #txwx #wildfires

Collaboration effort between LSM and Severe Studios yesterday as #fire broke out across the Texas panhandle. Blake Brown and Jordan Hall were on scene. #TXwx #PanhandleWx #Stanford #RoughneckFire

A stunning mammatus cloud display at sunset this evening near Panhandle Tx! It’s nice to finally see a sign of spring in the Texas Panhandle… #txwx #texas

As I sometimes do, I was driving around aimlessly in the Texas Panhandle one summer day when I turned down a road and saw a surprise waiting for me on the other end. Did I turn around? No sirree, Bob! Like any self-respecting Texan, I went over to check it out and came dang…

Thread on the beauty of wildlife 🧵

1. When it’s cold enough to see the melody

Potato Salad in Cowtown: it's been around for over a century! #goodfood #ranchfood #foodhistory goodreads.com/author_blog_po… via Goodreads

Great time travel series! K J Waters Author of Breathtaking Original Fiction

A man gathers prickly pears to feed to cattle during a drought in South Texas, 1939. I've seen ranchers do this on many occasions. They burn the cactus spines off before feeding them to cattle, of course. Good Lord what a sensational image

Taken by Luis Marden for National…

Places on Earth that don't look real - thread 🧵

1. Namibia, where the desert meets the ocean

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Do not disturb 🤫

Every spring, people try to “rescue” baby wildlife. This does more harm than good because in most cases, parents are nearby.

Here's why it's best to leave young animals alone 👉🏽 tinyurl.com/DontTouchTheWi…

The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day:

The first German to settle in Texas was Johann Friedrich Ernst, a former soldier and postal clerk in Oldenburg, Germany, who obtained a land grant to immigrate to Austin's colony in 1831. He left Oldenburg in September, 1829 after apparently…

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Chance Bowers and his two brothers, Collin and Chandler, ranch north of Pampa—right in the middle of where the Smokehouse Creek Fire swept through.

They survived, but despite their efforts, they lost cattle and a lot of pastureland.

One lone antelope tugs at my heart. Pic by N. Bright. #sanfordranch #texaspanhandlewildfires #windyduecewildfire

On this day in Texas history, in 1940, livestock leaders, including Anne Burnett Hall of the Four Sixes and Robert J. Kleberg of the King Ranch, met in Fort Worth to form the American Quarter Horse Association. The first registered AQHA stud (P-1) was King Ranch-bred Wimpy.

From my youth onward, I’ve been interested in comic books. I was thrilled to be asked by Marvel to write comics for 3 of their superheroes: CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE CHOSEN (6-part series), THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2-part series), and SAVAGE WOLVERINE.
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Congratulations to Annette Bening and Jodie Foster for their two Academy Award nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.

Traces of Texas reader Steve Sperry sent in this photo and asked if I know what kind of hummingbird is on his feeder. I am not a trained ornithologist but that I'm sure the collected brainpower of the Traces of Texas readers would know. Any ideas? We'll figure this out!