I skip my nature time at my peril. It had been way too long since I spied the blue tail of a skink, and this one was waiting by the paved trail to remind me.
When I went over to Oak Point Nature Preserve this morning, I didn't consider that there might be Labor Day holiday events at the preserve, the Oak Point Rec Center, and Plano Event Center with road closings. Somehow I ended up on Chaparral heading west, and there was another Oak Point Nature Preserve sign. The park has expanded over the years, and the trails link to the Plano trail system. I walked along following uncooperative butterflies from the corner of Destin and Emerald Coast, under Avenue K, through a pecan grove in Allen(!) almost to Central Expressway.
Between sun and shade with a nice breeze, it was just what the skink ordered. My nature tank is refilled.
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