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Clear Lake and Armand Bayou Nature Center
University of Houston - Clear Lake... Stella attended grad school here
Sculpture on campus of UH-CL
We had an excellent meal here!
Armand Bayou Nature Center
Stella outside the main building of ABNC
Two permanently disabled red-tailed hawks have a good home
A better view of the male hawk
Wetlands - ABNC has a lot of them
Why wetlands are important to all of us
Wetlands just right for an egret
Really beautiful wetlands vegetation - unusual green
More wetlands vegetation
Canebrake rattlesnake - we're glad it's behind glass!
O give me a home...
... where the buffalo roam...
... and the blacksmith is busy...
... all day!
Not your father's Oldsmobile...
... maybe your great grandfather's.
The old farm at ABNC: mystery farm equipment #1
Mystery farm equipment #2 - no spanner in these works!
A whole shed full of mystery farm equipment
Sugar Cane Press - it says so on the sign
Even I know what this one is
Birds don't pick a fight with this one!
Steve on a bench on the bank of the "tank" (i.e., cattle watering pond - no cattle in sight)
Stella on another bench - even Photoshop couldn't fix this one
Better shot of Stella on the bench
One of several decorated fire rings - a fire ring squad, maybe?
Stella enters the farmhouse
Farmhouse piano - obviously not in playing condition
Farmhouse heat stove
Farmhouse loom - my late friends who were weavers had much larger looms
Farmhouse sewing machine - yep, that looks familiar
Farmhouse cook stove - a lot fancier than my grandma's
Farmhouse, uh, you know what this is!
Farmhouse yard and blue bell - no ice cream in sight
Farmhouse yard - flowers by the steps
Old rockin' chair got Stella - one got me too
View from the porch - inducing nostalgia for my farmer grandparents
Stella's artsy shot of "tank" and vegetation
Stella by the farmhouse yard gate - nice vines on left gatepost
Farmhouse - farewell view
Interesting tree across the "tank" from us
Stella snapped these berries on plants near the "tank" ...
... and these roots near the water's edge ...
... and this nice shot of an inlet.
Cardinals rule!
Cardinal a bit closer
I wouldn't want to sit on this for very long!
ABNC serves conservation, preservation, education - Stella became a member.
Bay Area Park - I'll bet they have a "three strikes" rule here
Walkway in Bay Area Park - is this on Clear Lake???
Stella walks on water, well, actually, over water
Stella rests on a sheltered bench near the end of the pier
View from our seat - the wind was chilly!
A great blue heron skims the surface...
... and here's a fuzzy close-up of the great blue heron
Ducks at water's edge
A duck pond near Bay Area Park's entrance...
... but you'd better do this! (I hope the ducks can read.)
More of the ducks
Stella grins at the ducks...
... next to some tiny yellow flowers
Tried the "blur" setting on the camera, but windmill was too slow
Fountain in middle of duck pond
Bright, bright berries - not for consumption by humans
Depending on where you stand, and the prevailing winds, they can fly to the left!
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