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Airfield Trail
When we filmed our nature video we decided to explore some more of Fort Worth and their trails so we drove out to the Airfields trail...

MadiWinter
Dec 8, 20182 min read


A walk in the forest
While I was home during Thanksgiving break I also got an opportunity to go on a gentler walk. This trail starts off at the same place as...

MadiWinter
Dec 8, 20182 min read


Butzel Hill
During Thanksgiving break I had the opportunity to go home to Boulder, Colorado and enjoy the Rocky Mountains for a few days. While I was...

MadiWinter
Dec 8, 20182 min read


The Amon G. Carter Museum
Today in class we went to the Amon G. Carter museum to observe their collection of nature paintings. Sadly, a large part of the museum...

MadiWinter
Dec 8, 20181 min read


Annie Dillard and her view on life
To prepare for todays class we read an excerpt of Annie Dillard’s work called ‘Fecundity’. In this Dillard used vivid imagery and small...

MadiWinter
Dec 8, 20182 min read


A night of stars and lighting
I attended the 19th Annual North Texas Skywatch Star Party on Saturday November third, which is were a bunch of amateur astronomers set...

MadiWinter
Dec 8, 20182 min read


Nature Observation 3: The art of Vines
On November 14th on one chilly afternoon, while walking around campus I found a beautiful art piece where I had never seen one before....

MadiWinter
Nov 15, 20182 min read


Abbey and Thoreau Parallels:
Edward Abbey although living almost a century after Henry David Thoreau was seemed to share many common thoughts. Although Abbeys writing...

MadiWinter
Oct 14, 20182 min read


Thoughts on Thoreau:
In the course Text and Treks I have had my first exposer to the writings of Henry David Thoreau, who I had heard of before but never...

MadiWinter
Oct 14, 20182 min read


Nature Center Day Three:
October, 10th 2018 During our third time at the nature center we had a new task again. This time we all met at one of their bison...

MadiWinter
Oct 14, 20182 min read


Nature Center Day Two:
October 3rd 2018: Today is our second time volunteering at the Fort Worth nature center. We meet in a place near where we worked last...

MadiWinter
Oct 14, 20182 min read


Nature Center Day one:
September, 26th 2018 Today is our first day out of six classes that we will be volunteering at the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge. I...

MadiWinter
Oct 14, 20183 min read


The Cedar Elm
Nature Observation Two: The shadows that it cast upon the ground spans out like a spiders web, ensnares my gaze, drawing me in, to look...

MadiWinter
Sep 18, 20182 min read


The Mysterious Life of a Bush
Nature Observation One: On Tuesday September 4th, in the late afternoon on the campus of Texas Christian University the sun shown down...

MadiWinter
Sep 11, 20183 min read
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