Texas, Part 4 – Galveston
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Texas, Part 2
Pictures from several of L’s study sites. It’s actually really dry down there right now (bad drought conditions), but I have to admit being a bit taken with the look of the dryness. It’s definitely a visual contrast to what I normally see around me.
Texas, Part 1
A few random pictures from the arboretum at L’s school. It was so cool to see all the trees down there. There were lots (I’m looking at you, oak family) that are similar to what we have up here, but surprisingly different as well.
Dahlias at Campobello
The Roosevelt International Park had some gorgeous gardens in general, but their dahlia beds were definitely the highlight. Here are a few of my favorites, with a few other flowers thrown in for good measure.
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Eagle Island – Casco Bay, Maine
For something a little different today, I found a cruise that goes out to Eagle Island, a state park that was the summer home of Admiral Robert Peary (the first American to reach the North Pole), and his family. The island is on the ocean side of Casco Bay (sadly, I was not able to
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Art and Form at the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden
On Saturday, we brought P’s parents up to the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden in Boothbay. We spent a good deal of time in the newly opened Children’s Garden, which is the kind of place I would have gone gaga over when I was younger. There are so many cool nooks and crannies to explore, and
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Forts of the Piscataqua River
In the interests of finding new and different things to do on a Saturday where we have nowhere special to be, the BF came up with the idea of making a list of state parks, and trying to visit as many as possible this summer. So we started this Saturday, at pretty much the southernmost
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Hawaiian Flowers
Flower Listing (L to R, Top to Bottom) These flowers are all native to Hawaii. Hibiscus arnottianus, Koki’o ke’oke’o, MalvaceaeHibiscus kokio subsp. Kokio, Kokiʻo, MalvaceaeMetrosideros polymorpha, ‘Ohi’a lehua, MyrtaceaeHibiscus kokio subsp. Kokio, Kokiʻo, MalvaceaeHibiscus arnottianus, Koki’o ke’oke’o, MalvaceaeHibiscus kokio subsp. Kokio, Kokiʻo, MalvaceaeMorinda citrifolia, Noni, RubiaceaeScaevola taccada, Beach Naupaka, GoodeniaceaeScaevola taccada, Beach Naupaka, Goodeniaceae The