agree, but science tells us flies are an important part of our ecosystem. They’re pollinators and some species even mimic bees. Highland Lakes Master Everyone may not want to Naturalist, journalist and photographer, Sheryl Smith-Rodgers, wants to change your attitude about the pesky insects.
To learn amazing things about our Texas flies, put Aug. 7 on your calendar – 1 to 2 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 909 Ave. D in Marble Falls to hear Master Naturalist, journalist and photographer Smith-Rodgers extoll the virtues of the little buzzers.
Sheryl Smith-Rodgers is an experienced journalist and photographer. Her journalism degree is from Trinity University and she worked many years as a newspaper reporter/editor.
She publishes in numerous magazines, including Texas Parks & Wildlife, Texas Highways, Texas Co-op Power, Guideposts, Angus Journal, Better Homes & Gardens, and more.
A Texas Master Naturalist since 2012, Smith-Rodgers gives programs on spiders and other nature-related topics. At her Blanco home, Smith-Rodgers and husband James Hearn tend a native plant habitat, which she blogs about at “Window on a Texas Wildscape.” With iNaturalist, she’s documented 1,383-plus plant and animal species so far in their one-acre yard.
Currently, she’s in the process of finding a publisher for Charnell, the story about a lonely girl who’s drawn into a scheme spun by a barn spider and a stray cat to protect their wild home. The novel stars a direct descendant of Charlotte (aka Charlotte’s Web).
