Roses, swans, and ravens: Rambling in London’s parks and Tower of London
July 08, 2018 We arrived in London in mid-June, where we stayed two nights and spent our days eating fish and chips and Indian food, sightseeing, and rambling in London’s excellent parks. (We also visited the magnificent Kew Gardens, which I’ll share in my next post.) London’s public parks made ...
Munro Lights at Atlanta Botanical Garden, and a whale of a show at Georgia Aquarium
July 31, 2015 Earth Goddess, Atlanta Botanical Garden After we left New Orleans, we drove to Atlanta, Georgia, arriving in time for a Sunday evening visit to Atlanta Botanical Garden to see a special art exhibit, Bruce Munro: Light in the Garden. Seeing a garden in late afternoon and at ...
See an indoor rainforest at the Dallas World Aquarium
June 22, 2012 In May, while in Dallas for the Chihuly exhibit at the Dallas Arboretum, my family and I also visited the Dallas World Aquarium, which is misleadingly named. Sure, there are tanks of fish, sharks, and anemones. But there are also naturalistic exhibits of penguins, otters, manatees, and ...
Visit to Fort Worth Zoo
December 28, 2009 Bundled up in coats, scarves, and seldom-worn gloves, we spent several enjoyable hours at the acclaimed Fort Worth Zoo yesterday before driving home to Austin, following a post-Christmas trip to Dallas to visit my DH’s extended family. Among the many birds we saw at the zoo, these ...
Cockrell Butterfly Center in Houston
July 13, 2009 While in Houston last weekend, we visited the marvelous Cockrell Butterfly Center at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. We enjoyed a fun, interactive exhibit about insects (not just butterflies), looked at displays of preserved specimens and live creepy-crawlies, and gazed through a protective, see-through case to ...
Birds of a feather at the San Antonio Zoo
January 20, 2009 A beautiful, sunny, 70-degree holiday on Monday enticed us to spend the day outdoors, despite our itchy, cedar-fever-irritated eyes. So we packed up the kids and drove south to the San Antonio Zoo, where we fed these lovely Australian lories cupfuls of nectar. Aren’t they beautiful? Their ...