I flew to Houston Friday on business. I have always loved the Tulsa Airport. It was built back in the early 1960’s and is very sleek with lots of glass, exposed steel steel, and gleaming highly polished floors. The whole structure has a very light and airy feeling to it.
(I know that I’m not supposed to photograph an even number of anything, but which of these would you cut out?) (It’s a rhetorical question, ok?)
I visited Botanica in Wichita, Kansas last week. It’s a great botanical garden.
It’s got flower of course, trees, shrubs, lots of volunteers, shady spots, sunny spots.
It was kind of quiet on a weekday, with school starting and everything.
(Gaillardia, “Punch Bowl”, I always thought Gaillardia was a bad tropical disease.)
I love the flowers, I only noted a couple though. As I’ve said previously I can hardly tell a rose from an iris. Yes, I know, that is bad of me.
Lots of sculptures both contemporary and domestic in mood and more formal.
It had the most high tech sundial I’ve ever seen, placed in a well shaded spot of course.
It had lots of water features. That was appreciated on a day when it was well over 100F.
I loved the statues scattered through the gardens.
Their new children’s garden has been open only a month. It is made for kids to climb, sit, stand, touch, feel, all that stuff. Everything except run. Why is that nobody wants kids to run anymore?
It was fun. I talked to one of the volunteers, they miss the kids since school started. They love having the kids.
Its very colorful and educational. They have little boxes with books that explain lots of things if the kids are interested at all.
Check out Botanica if you are ever in Wichita, Kansas.
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I’m going through a blogger experience right now. My apologies. Things will be better soon.
(Drilling rig drilling a horizontal well into the Cana Woodford Shale formation.)
I had a meeting in western Oklahoma on Wednesday. I love driving out there. The sky just opens up and expands and so does my outlook on life.
(Cryogenic Natural Gas Processing Plant under construction.) (sorry about the splotch)
It was a nice dry, not too hot day. Just beautiful.
There were reminders though of why so many people have storm shelters. This area saw a tornado come through just a few weeks ago.
There was lots of damage to houses and buildings and several people perished.
The dry weather is nice, but can lead to grass fires.
I have always thought of western Oklahoma as the beauty and the beast kind of thing. It is beautiful but it can bite hard.
I was in Oklahoma City Thursday meeting customers, and then later revisiting the Oklahoma City Memorial. It is one of the most beautiful and sad places in Oklahoma.
“Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust and not be afraid.
The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my song;
he has become my salvation.”
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Sweetie and I went to Wichita, Kansas for an autism conference a couple weeks ago. After the conference we sneaked to “Botanica, The Wichita Gardens” botanical garden which may be Wichita’s best kept secret.
We enjoyed our couple of hours there. The grounds are meticulously maintained and and there are surprises around every corner.
There are many fountains, and lots of shade with places to rest.
In addition to the more formal paved walks Botanica has trails winding through more wild areas. I can’t resist a trail through the woods.
with sunlight coming through the leaves.
I love nice sculptures in a garden. This was my favorite at Botanica.
My certified Master Gardener wife was on overload.
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I was in Wichita, Kansas last week and took some time to go geocaching in Wichita’s beautiful Pawnee Praire Park just west of the airport. I was worried that the park’s chiggers might be getting hungry.
I came across a couple of white tail deer. You can see the first looking at the camera. His buddy is behind him facing the other way, mooning me I guess.
I come across lots of deer while geocaching or trailrunning and I hardly ever get a picture of them because they don’t stick around long enough for me to get my camera out and ready.
