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Sunday, October 29, 2023
Amarillo Botanical Garden
(warning, picture heavy). ProfessorRoush was away this week at a conference in Amarillo, Texas, a delightful excursion to nowhere in particular, but a nice city, as they say, to visit. The area was clean and the weather pleasant and the north Texans were laid-back and welcoming. Would recommend 10/10 (as my Gen Z students would say) if you find yourself in the area. The hosts for my travels scheduled a afternoon side excursion for my group to the Amarillo Botanical Gardens, a cooperative municipal venture created by and supported by the local garden clubs (who "set out to prove gardening was possible in the challenging high plains of Texas") and located since 1968 in the Medical Center Park. I could hardly have planned for a better side-trip for myself and in the course of just a couple of hours took over 60 pictures with my trusty iPhone, a few of which I'll share here. This one was taken inside the Mary E. Bivens Tropical Conservatory and the Ringed Teal ducks at the bottom of the waterfall were real. Since these ducks are native to South America, I presume they are captive within the conservatory.The vistas of the garden were clean and open, with focal points throughout the many separately-themed gardens. Here, near the entrance, is a broader view from the Franklin Butterfly Garden looking towards the Dusty McGuire Japanese Garden. I also thought the view down this isle, towards a very large butterfly mosaic, was quite nice, and the mosaic is a spectacular garden feature.As per my pattern, I took pictures of almost every statue, but I did not plan for the accidental optical illusion from my lens catching the "heavenly" light rays on this frog. It stands, in real life, almost 7 feet tall. The bronze plaque at his feet reads "MELODIUS TOADIUS"
Great photos--it looks like a wonderful place to visit. I'll have to put that on the "to do" list. I imagine spring or autumn would be great times to visit.
ReplyDeleteWow. Great photos and what a wonderful trip. Would love to visit there sometime.
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