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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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