Contrast

Natural and modern art together.

Blue

One of the Chihuly glass installations at the Dallas Arboretum.

Fossil Rim

Oh, hello there! Let's pretend I've been updating regularly, so I can show you what the husband and I have been up to recently. For our anniversary a few weeks ago, we headed down to Glen Rose for a stay in a cabin on the river. Nearby is the Fossil Rim Wildlife Preserve, which has an amazing assortment of animals that you can see while driving through the park. Since it was ridiculously hot out, driving in a car with air conditioning sounded pretty good to us!

The animals get really up close and personal when they know you might feed them!

 

 The wildlife preserve has food so that you can feed the animals. Giraffes' heads are big when they come down to eat out of your hand!

This ostrich was convinced that no one should go past it. The two cars ahead of us had a hard time getting past it, and it sat down in the middle of the road as we drove up. They're surprisingly big birds that close up.

The rhinocerous were, sadly, far away.

Leafy

The leaves are well and truly out.

Black and white

There were a number of birds at White Rock Lake that, as the daughter of a naturalist, I can confidently identify for you as "the big, pretty white ones that might be herons, but could be something else, too." Regardless of their taxonomy, their coloring made them beautiful to watch against the white water and black rocks.

Unexpected adventure

While on a walk at White Rock Lake, Rebecca and I stumbled upon the old Dallas Waterworks, built in 1911. Although all the old machinery is gone, the outside still looks like it did when it was built back in the day.

There were some ivy covered structure out front. We couldn't tell if they were supposed to be chimneys or if they served some other mysterious purpose.

The original tall chimney still had the original inscribed door.

New life

Swirling tea

Spring!

Spring sure seems to have arrived in Dallas!

(Flowers at Cedar Ridge)

Motley

On Friday, the Stephens clan came up from Houston to visit. We went to Cedar Ridge, which has glorious trails. The hiking crew was clearly very excited and very photogenic.