Elephants casting their own shadows at the Tulsa Zoo.
Pink Petunias casting their own shadow in our backyard. My wife, Heather, is an OSU Master Gardener and loves gardening.
A tiger at the zoo lurking in a shadow.
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An early morning (for a retired guy) shot Saturday morning. I love Spring mornings even when it is 42F. They warm up fast. That is our terrier mix adoption dog Sadie off to the left. Today (Sunday, the 19th) is her “Gotcha Day.” We brought her home one year ago today. She is a little sweetie.
A tree with its shadow during a dog walk in our neighborhood greenbelt. I’ve been playing around with the miniaturization feature in my IPhone’s Camera+ app.
A photographers blind with scattered shadows at Ray Harral Nature Center in Broken Arrow.
Last week we visited the local Tulsa Zoo. It has a nighttime only attraction going on called Zoolightful. We were there during the day and ironically the things that put on for a light show make pretty good shadows during the day.
Like this shadowy passageway. The wall on the left is below.
I think this would be gorgeous at night all lit up.
As well as this.
We are going to go back at night to take in the light show.
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Going from the museum to the gardens provided these geometric shadows.
A view across the relaxing and shady gardens to the Tempietto
At the tempietto, a couple relaxing inside, and a dogwood tree outside.
Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates.
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Heather and I recently went on an overnight trip to nearby Bentonville, Arkansas to spend some time together. We had a fun time.
Walking around town we marveled at how slender we were.
Couldn’t pass this shot up.
In a ravine next to the Crystal Bridges Museum is this installation of Dale Chihuly Glass.
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Saturday afternoon the family loaded up and drove to the Tulsa Botanic Gardens. The tulips are blooming plus they have a special exhibit of Lego Creatures by Sean Kinney we wanted to see. The tulips were great, maybe just a tad past prime, and enjoyed the Lego critters.
First up, a fox, including a tree shadow.
A gigantic butterfly
Little Lego Bunnies
And origami bunnies in the childrens’ area.
A snail on a mushroom
A frog on a lilly pad.
And a bird feeder with cardinals and a squirrel.
They also had a lawnmower and a rototiller and other things. Below is a video of all the lego creations we saw. It’s only a tad over a minute long.
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Went on a bike ride a few days ago and stopped at my favorite rest spot. I call it the Bear Fountain on Tulsa’s RiverParks Trails. All that falling water off the fountain is very peaceful. That day there was a strong wind from the south so I started at the north end of the trail and fought the wind all the way south. What a slog!! Thing was, after I rested up here at the fountain I went back north, I felt like I was flying back to my car!!
Wishing you a strong wind pushing you forward today!
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The last day of February was warm, it got up to over 80F so I declared it to be a short sleeve shirt and shorts day.
Several days earlier it was a lot cooler. Here’s a shadowy character coming to put some food on the tray and replenish the water.
Yesterday I was geocaching in a local park. I found about five caches and a few shadows including this one of a swing overlooking a nice view of the Arkansas River.
And a nearby roadside memorial.
And some curvy shadows left by these hard as a rock lounges on a former bridge converted to an event space. Yep, that’s a thing and it works well.
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From the patio, a complex shadow made by a small table.
From the trail, a bicycle shadow and part of bench shadow.
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A bicycle shadows at the start of a bike ride on Tulsa’s RiverParks Trails. 15 miles and it was all good. Most bicyclists I know don’t think 15 miles is even a decent warmup. I love 15 miles myself.
Out on a hike on Tulsa’s Turkey Mountain I found me a shadow selfie.
I’m a geocacher. Turkey Mountain has a geocache hidden in a hole in a cliff that I can see but cannot get to it. I’m a purist. If I can’t hold the cache, open it, and sign the log then I am not going to claim a find. They need to have another category such as “seen but couldn’t get to.” I got lots of those. Caches up in trees and such that I can’t reach. If I had somebody with me, then sure I’d try using ropes. The cache above is in a pretty remote area. If I fell and broke something and if I couldn’t get cell phone signal then I’d be in tough shape. Of course if I fell and was able to get help, my wife might kill me for being so dumb. So its kind of a lose/lose proposition. Meanwhile I’ll keep on checking on it. Maybe some critter will knock it out to the ground and then I could sign the log.
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