A free, half-mile nature walk will be led by a member of Indian Trail Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalists this Saturday, May 21, at 9 a.m. at Mockingbird Nature Park, 1361 Onward Road, Midlothian. Come watch springtime come to life on the prairie. Learn about the indigenous plants and wildlife.
While you’re shopping for your child’s new swimsuits, you’re probably most focused on finding a style they like – emblazoned with action figures or Disney icons. But there is an important factor that you may not be giving enough attention to, and one that significantly factors into water safety: The visibility of the swimsuit, should your child go underwater. • The color of your child’s bathing suit may be more important than you realize. Alive Solutions, a company that specializes in aquatic safety, training, and risk assessment, tested 14 swimsuits in varying colors first in a pool and then in a lake and the results of the test may shock you. • Most swimsuit colors virtually disappear or appear to be a cluster of leaves or debris – not a struggling child – when only 18 inches below the surface of the water. Visibility continues to decrease exponentially with any sort of water agitation, like in a moderately-active swimming pool or water park, or in a lake or ocean with any amount of wave activity.
Order flowers or make a restaurant reservation: Sunday is Mother’s Day, the time to celebrate the person who read you stories, tucked you into bed and drove you to soccer practices. Since 1914, Americans have celebrated Mother’s Day as a national holiday, thanks to the efforts of Anna Jarvis, a Philadelphia woman who campaigned for a holiday to honor mothers, but later was disappointed by how commercial the day became. h You may not be able to count all the things your mother did for you, but you can count some things about mothers. Here is a look at U.S. motherhood by the numbers: