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Through My Lens – The Tulips of the Tulsa Botanic Garden

I have fallen behind on some of my posts. Sorry about that!! Back in March, the family decided we would like to go check out the tulips at the Tulsa Botanic Garden.

We went on a beautiful, sunny, and nearly windless day. The wind always blows in Oklahoma and take photos of Tulips as they sway in the breeze is frustrating! No such problems the day we went.

They had tulips, here, there and everywhere and I took dozens of photos. They were all the colors you can imagine and types.

So I will spare you.

Tulips are very special. They are delicate and come in delicate subtle colors.

And shapes

And some in pots.

I couldn’t figure out which were my favorite. They were all my favorite is what I thought.

In amongst all this someone was doing a photo shoot of a young woman in a beautiful gown. I’m guessing that it is a Quinceanera Dress. Whatever it is. It was beautiful.

Whew, I can breathe easier. I got my tulip post out of the way!

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Daffodils at Tulsa’s Woodward Park and Teaching Garden

This is my second post about the Daffodils at Wooward Park. The first time the flowers were kind of sparse. This second time they were a lot more abundant and filled in looking.

I never get tired of seeing the Daffodils. They are the first sign of spring and seem like they are up sooner than what they should be.

Most of the time they are hard to photograph because the wind is blowing too hard and they end up fuzzy looking. Today though the day was calm.

Used to be people would pick them and take them home, or often just pick them and then leave them.

Or sometimes women would show up with a selfie stick and all dressed up. They would brush their hair and take selfies. Hey, fine with me, they were not picking them. I have never seen guys do that though. Maybe I should except I would have to skip the step of brushing my hair since I don’t have much. I’ll take the matter under advisement for next year.

I liked this group of three, with one hidden

And this group of four with one hidden.

This is a small grouping at the Teaching Garden

Some daffodils along with a Redbud Tree: Oklahoma’s State Tree.

And some lonely tulips to finish off with.

These daffodils are long gone. I’m a little late posting this.

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Through My Lens – A Visit to Carmichael’s Pumpkin Patch

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Sunday afternoon the family traveled from Tulsa down to the country outside of Bixby to Carmichael’s Pumpkin Patch to pick out the family pumpkins for Fall.

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We saw some greedy goats.

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And some cute little goats. At what point do they turn into shameless beggars?

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We saw a lonely, humiliated chicken sharing its space with a rabbit and a tiny little pumpkin.

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And a pot bellied pig looking a little frazzled trying to take care of her youngins. (Youngin is a word in Oklahoma just in case you are wondering. Other words have disappeared. Nobody knows what a Democrat is here any more. Except for some old timers who don’t really want to talk about it too much.

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And a few llamas. 

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And some youngins making a little selfie nest in the pumpkins. Aren’t they cute. I wasn’t the only one taking pics of them making a selfie. Look at the lady across the way.

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Oh yeah, we did find a couple of pumpkins!!!

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