White Tiger, Elephant trunk,and Asian Sun Bear at the Fort Worth Zoo, Fort Worth, Texas
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Drawing a male Howler monkey with oil pastels; reference photos taken at Dallas World Aquarium. I set my glasses down and went for a break then came back to find that this is where I placed them.
Two solid black kittens we had when we lived in Richmond, Ontario, look like a two-headed cat. I just rediscovered the photo, taken long before digital cameras were available for the average consumer. This was taken with my old Canon AE1 and is one of my favorite all-time photos.
Young Howler monkey — Dallas World Aquarium in Dallas TX is SO much more than an aquarium. It’s totally worth an annual membership.
The Texas Longhorn right near downtown Dallas are the first things we take our out-of-town visitors to see. They are fairly aggressive so it’s best to stay off the fences when they come near.
Downtown Fort Worth has the most beautiful mixture of early 20th century and modern architecture. Because so much consideration has been given to preserving the ornate carvings and tile-work on older buildings, I think Fort Worth has among the top 3 most charming downtown areas in the country. The lioness heads skirt around the sides and above the windows. The Flatiron Building, completed in 1907, was one of city’s the first steel frame buildings and WAS also the tallest building in north Texas at the time.
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Next, the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall has two 48 foot tall (15 m) angels carved from Texas limestone, and was built in 1998.