Against the craggy walls of the opening, I struggled to figure out what to call this structure. I ask the others in the group: Is it a cave?

"It's not supposed to be this hot in mid-October," I tell myself while standing next to the blind window, waiting for the slightest breeze.

From the bottom of the hill, you might mistake the animals for a scattering of rocks strewn about the fall-cured grasses. 

August 24 was the last day of the spring 2024 Hackberry Farm Day Camp Photography Workshops. We ended the season with a great group of folks

his past weekend was a big weekend here at Hackberry Farm.  Friday night, we had our firefly workshop, and on Saturday, we hosted another gr

Rain's typically scant Rain's typically scant here, but a few hours before we arrived, nearly four inches of precipitation fell in a deluge

After a few months’ hiatus, the spring 2024 Day Camp Schedule resumed at Hackberry Farm. While the topics vary, this past weekend's camp co

In the distance, a thunderstorm creeps across the hardscrabble of the northern Texas Hill Country.  With each flash of lightning, the storm’

I hear the tell-tale song come from the grass: bob-WHITE! There's a pause, and then he sings again.

For most of the week, we've been immersed in Appalachian culture.  

A couple of years ago, I discovered that Hackberry Farm would be in the path of totality. About ten months before the eclipse, I announced t

During the day, the landscapes are austere. Here lie vast expanses of red dirt rolling plains.

This past week, a big swath of Texas caught fire. As of this writing, the total acres consumed is more than a million, and the behemoth conf

Yeah, you are looking at that correctly. The picture is of me giving a talk to a camera club a couple of weeks ago, and there are chickens

It's a video that set social media abuzz (literally) yesterday. While I wouldn't call it a viral video, it did get some attention.

It's cold here. It is colder than most would think it would get in Texas, but the wind whips across a single-digit landscape to drop the...

Immediately upon the commencement of our wildlife photography day camp, our night photography camp begins.  As the sky darkens, a sliver of

A big rainstorm that moved across North Texas on Friday, December 15, made the prospects of the wildlife photography day camp a little...

If you close your eyes tight enough, you might hear the mournful whine of Bob Wills' fiddle in the classic country tune, Faded Love,...