List: Above Sulfur Creek | Curated by Pat Gibson

Jul 31, 2021
23 stories
Above Sulfur CreekColumns published during my newspaper days…
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Shy Jewel of the HillsThe first time I ever encountered a painted bunting here above Sulfur Creek, I thought someone’s parakeet had gotten loose. The crew were…
Apr 24, 2021
Apr 24, 2021
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Cardinal VanitiesSeems a little contradictory that the female of the human species is usually the dressier one when in most of the animal kingdom the male…
Apr 24, 2021
Apr 24, 2021
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Gliding Garbage MenCollecting garbage and shoveling out horse stalls are two jobs that were more than likely responsible for the cliché, “Its a bad job, but…
Apr 24, 2021
Apr 24, 2021
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Alias, Cedar TreeWhen we first decided to settle here above Sulfur Creek, I was all for preserving the natural vegetation and changing the place as little…
Apr 24, 2021
Apr 24, 2021
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Mockingbird MadnessI guess everyone in Texas must have a favorite story about our state bird. Not many people who live in the country are neutral about them…
Apr 24, 2021
Apr 24, 2021
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First flowers of springSometimes the anemone will fool you. It will show up along the roadsides and the south facing banks and you will see them and say, “How…
Apr 24, 2021
Apr 24, 2021
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Oil not this squeaky hingeFor several years we tried to have a garden here above Sulfur Creek. We mined out a large area, built several rock walls out of the mining…
Apr 24, 2021
Apr 24, 2021
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A Cry of FreedomA few years ago during the dove season I called the game warden about a confused young female hawk. There is a meadow were Sulfur Creek…
Apr 24, 2021
Apr 24, 2021
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Spooky noises in the nightWhen we first moved here above Sulfur Creek we lived in a tent camper we had borrowed from my sister-in-law. We only had three of the crew…
Apr 24, 2021
Apr 24, 2021
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Commandos above Sulfur CreekThe Mexican Jay that nests in the big elm out near the garden showed up at the bird feeder last week. I guess the pickings here on the…
Apr 24, 2021
Apr 24, 2021
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Gin Swilling Robins?Each fall and spring here on Sulfur Creek we see the flocks of robins flying through like bus tourists. In the fall, they’re heading down…
Apr 24, 2021
Apr 24, 2021
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A Squirrelly MockingbirdHere above Sulfur Creek we have two large dogs whose main reason for residency is supposed to be guarding the property. Now these two part…
May 23, 2021
May 23, 2021
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Not So Dumb in the WildWhen folks think about a live turkey, they think about a very dumb bird. We’ve all heard an especially stupid person being called a turkey…
May 23, 2021
May 23, 2021
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Buzz Bombers on the BalconyA couple of years ago at the church fair, our middle daughter, crew four, won a hummingbird feeder. Now her father had never allowed me to…
May 23, 2021
May 23, 2021
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I’m Hiding, I’m HidingMany critters are colored so they can hide from their enemies. Others will behave strangely so they can protect themselves or their young…
May 25, 2021
May 25, 2021
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I’ve Never Seen a Snake I Didn’t DislikeSnakes and people usually don’t get along. Folks who study why people are they way they are have suggested that we don’t like snakes…
May 25, 2021
May 25, 2021
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Snakes I Have KnownOne of the first things my husband told me when we moved to Texas was to look out for snakes. Now where I had lived before, Colorado and…
May 25, 2021
May 25, 2021
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Bugs, Tadpoles, and Why We Aren’t Covered with FrogsWhen my husband was a small boy he found a brown, dried pod stuck to a tree limb and as small boys like to do, he picked it off and took it…
May 28, 2021
May 28, 2021
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Napping Babies or Orphaned Critters?Every spring you hear tales of folks picking up fawns or little rabbits or baby birds and attempting to raise them. The baby critters…
May 28, 2021
May 28, 2021
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Chiggers: Invisible MenacesBack when I was small I remember visiting an aunt in Tennessee and being told never to roll down the grassy hill because I’d get chiggers…
May 28, 2021
May 28, 2021