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Monday, January 20, 2014

Heard Museum

When I was in Texas for my "baby's" 30th birthday last July, he and his sweetheart took my dad and me to Heard Natural Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary. Talk about HOT. Oh my gosh. Flashbacks of 28 Texas summers was not a pleasant memory, so this was a very short outing. Besides, I had already been there with my daughter a few years before. Here are a scant few clicks I managed to get between water breaks and mopping sweat off my brow.
Passion flower. Reminds me of a sea anemone. 

Smile! You're on candid camera!

Button Bush aka Button Willow

I think this is a queen butterfly - female.

Unknown flower Globe mallow (thanks, TexWisGirl!)
To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.
Audrey Hepburn

36 comments:

  1. LouisetteJanuary 20, 2014 at 5:35 AM

    Wonderfull flowers, the unkown also, have a nice day and week.

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  2. eileeninmdJanuary 20, 2014 at 6:01 AM

    Lovely flowers and the grasshopper capture is cool. Awesome photos! Have a happy day!

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  3. UnknownJanuary 20, 2014 at 6:05 AM

    Beautiful shots! I love the passion flower, both the shapes and the colours.

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  4. DebbieJanuary 20, 2014 at 6:18 AM

    WoW-zers....can anyone say purple?!?! that's a beauty!!

    and that adorable lil grasshopper....in perfect focus!!

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  5. Optimistic ExistentialistJanuary 20, 2014 at 7:14 AM

    I love that butterfly picture. I've never seen one like that before. Resembles a Monarch except for the black around the edges of the wings.

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  6. Rosemary AubutJanuary 20, 2014 at 7:33 AM

    Loving the passion flower! Also such a great quote!

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  7. SuzanJanuary 20, 2014 at 8:04 AM

    Lovely shots, especially like the purple passion flower - and the grasshopper was really neat. (But so destructive to flowers :-[[

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  8. Tina Fariss BarbourJanuary 20, 2014 at 8:27 AM

    You got some great photos! That purple flower is awesome!

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  9. BreathtakingJanuary 20, 2014 at 8:47 AM

    Lovely shots of flowers,and both the grasshopper and butterfly are great captures. The Button Willow is a very pretty plant.
    Greetings from Portugal

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  10. Elizabeth EdwardsJanuary 20, 2014 at 8:49 AM

    i have seen one of those flowers in our Florida trip ... they are so amazing in person. gorgeous capture. ( :

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  11. Lisa @ Two Bears FarmJanuary 20, 2014 at 9:14 AM

    Love the buterfly. I lived in Texas six years. It really is hot.

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  12. Author R. Mac WheelerJanuary 20, 2014 at 9:19 AM


    Pretty

    I love tight shots like those

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  13. Waldameise AndreaJanuary 20, 2014 at 9:26 AM

    Wunderschöne Aufnahmen, die Sehnsucht auf Frühling und Sommer wecken.

    Ich hoffe, der Schmetterling war nicht gefangen.

    Liebe Grüße
    Waldameise

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  14. TexWisGirlJanuary 20, 2014 at 9:40 AM

    i think that may be globe mallow. :)

    love the passion flower - and that stinking hopper portrait! i get SO tired of those munching buggers during our hot summers!

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  15. IrmaJanuary 20, 2014 at 10:10 AM

    Beautiful pictures, which the first is my favorite.
    Have a nice week.

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  16. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2014 at 11:02 AM

    Despite the Texas heat, the images are all stunning. That grasshopper was a great capture!

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  17. hootnonnyJanuary 20, 2014 at 11:05 AM

    Beautiful! I love the passion flowers. They have an interesting history.

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  18. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2014 at 11:25 AM

    Love the maypop bloom!

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  19. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2014 at 11:46 AM

    Those are some stunning shots.

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  20. DeniseinVAJanuary 20, 2014 at 11:48 AM

    Impressive that you got the photos you did in such heat Gail, they're gorgeous!

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  21. AnvilcloudJanuary 20, 2014 at 12:03 PM

    My goodness! That Passion flower!!

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  22. StarlaJanuary 20, 2014 at 12:06 PM

    No wonder it is called a passion flower. Look at that intense color!!

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  23. NancyJanuary 20, 2014 at 12:10 PM

    I've always wanted to try growing passion flower. Just an amazing blossom.

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  24. Ruth HiebertJanuary 20, 2014 at 1:43 PM

    Looks like this place had lots of beauty,but the heat you describe would be a deal breaker for me.

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  25. EG CameraGirlJanuary 20, 2014 at 2:07 PM

    Love these photos. You were brave to be out in the heat. I really do prefer cold to heat. :))

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  26. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2014 at 2:43 PM

    Lovely shots.

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  27. ShugJanuary 20, 2014 at 3:12 PM

    Loved seeing them all.....my fave though, the unknown flower.
    It's warm here in Texas today. Shorts weather for sure. Super nice day to be outside...
    Enjoy the outdoors..

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  28. MerisiJanuary 20, 2014 at 3:17 PM

    You managed to capture all those flowers and critters so beautifully, quite an accomplishment under the circumstance! ;-)

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  29. Linda at To Behold The BeautyJanuary 20, 2014 at 5:33 PM

    Oh, I love all of these. That passion flower is gorgeous. It does look like a sea anemone. Love the grasshopper hugging the flower stem and looking sheepish. The button bush shot is fantastic. A great set, Gail. You may not enjoy heat, but you do some amazing work in it. :)

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  30. Grandma Barb's This and ThatJanuary 20, 2014 at 5:33 PM

    Great photos, Gail! I love the passion flower.

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  31. Brian KingJanuary 20, 2014 at 6:19 PM

    Beautiful! I LOVE the grasshopper! I'm not a fan of the heat, either.

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  32. BarbJanuary 20, 2014 at 9:54 PM

    What vivid macros - such detail! I love the passion flower.

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  33. The CrankyJanuary 20, 2014 at 11:28 PM

    Your dislike of the heat didn't show in the photos, simply stunning!

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  34. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2014 at 11:31 PM

    Wow - what amazing shots! Gorgeous.

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  35. MariJanuary 21, 2014 at 4:03 AM

    Nature so perfect ♥

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  36. Sallie (FullTime-Life)January 21, 2014 at 11:11 AM

    Lovely flower pictures! That passion flower is native here in Florida... I posted some pictures, but some of them I was afraid to... they actually looked a little bit, well let's just say .... too passionate

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