Croton garden plantings at the Cotton Bowl Stadium, Texas State Fair grounds, Dallas
This yellow pepper started rotting in just the right place so I cut eyes and made a Halloween Pepper.
Contemporary art on the sidewalks of downtown Dallas.
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All the recent rain in Lewisville (Texas) has washed out a few reptiles into our neighborhood from the nearby canal…a Painted Turtle showed up by a neighbor’s garage and was the center of attention for a few hours until it was brought back to the canal area. The same neighbor found a snake in their garage earlier last week. Judging from their description it may have been a non-venomous Rough Green Snake.
3-toed Sloth at the Dallas World Aquarium
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Puffer fish, Dallas World Aquarium, Texas
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Flamingos, Dallas World Aquarium, Texas
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Jabiru, Dallas World Aquarium
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The Giant River Otters at the Dallas World Aquarium are rarely out, and when they are, there’s such a crowd gathered around it’s difficult to move forward or even try to get past them to go onto the next exhibit. I was lucky to take this photo from the third floor.
Somerset Maugham said, “There is never enough time for love and art”.
To elaborate:
There is not enough time for love of trees and art.
These photos were shot the other day when the weather was grey and the new leaves of the Oak on our front lawn blew in the 30 mph wind gusts. It’s astonishing that the tender young leaves were still tough enough to hang on and not rip in that rough wind. With the sun just barely shining through the overcast clouds, the effect of their silhouettes is so surreal.
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Welcome to my garden, little ladybug.
Help yourself.