You know, I’ve written about 10 different introductory sentences to this post and erased them all.

I happened to tune in to my girl, Rachel Maddow, last night, just in time for this story. I’m not entirely sure why I felt I had to share it with you, but share it, I must.

And while I adore my dear friends who live and love in Texas, I can’t help but point to this as kind of a nutshell reason I don’t think I could ever bring myself to live there, myself. Emphasis on the nutshell. For real, you guys have enough problems: Bush, Rick Perry, potential secession, lizards big enough to eat small children…

I hereby dedicate this post to all my nature lovers out there, Texans, and most particularly to Miz Shoes and her hubs, the RLA. Enjoy!

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Seriously, this is not my Nature Notes post…:-)