Off the Interstate, down the road, over a river, next to a park, lies the Wichita Gardens. Statues standing guard, flowers blooming every where, fish swimming in the ponds, and a dragon running through the Chinese Gardens.
Housed in the mist of the gardens is a toy train which run along it’s railroad town and comes with it’s own conductor. All aboard!
Located off of one of the busiest street in Baton Rouge, you will find Bluebonnet Swamp. It was a nice morning for a walk.
Or, laying in the sun.
When visiting the swamp remember to:
The Cohn Arboretum in Baton Rouge, the official name “Laurens Henry Cohn, Sr. Memorial Plant Arboretum” is one of the most beautiful places in Baton Rouge. In the middle it has a pond and surrounded by walking path and trees. There is even a grapes being grown. If they fix up the house with period pieces, this place would be historic.
On Easter Sunday in 1970, the Baton Rouge Zoo first opened to the public. A lot of credit is due to Bill Black, a.k.a Buckskin Bill, who was a popular children’s TV host. He would end his program everyday saying “Baton Rouge needs a zoo.” He encourage children to collect pennies and donate them so the Zoo could purchase an elephant. The children would line up outside the studio to donate the pennies they collected. The campaign was so successful, the children collected enough money to buy two elephants. One of the elephants was named Penny.
There are currently no elephants at the zoo. When one of the last two died, the other was ship off to another zoo so it would not be lonely.
The zoo is located in Louisiana, so of course, there are alligators.
This alligator look big and mean enough to go through the fence if he was hungry.
The trip to the zoo was worth it, just to get this picture.
I caught these birds doing… well I will give you a hint. They are in a nest.
This little one decided to pose for me while I was standing there.
It a very pretty area. A nice area to walk around, or take the train.
During a recent shopping trip, I stopped in at Dillard’s. These are just a few of the purses that I did not buy.
First a few bright and colorful purses. Wait, I think I have a pair of shoes that matches the second one.
The telephone purse. That actually comes with the receiver that you can connect to your cellphone. It came in two styles.
The Octopus purse, which doesn’t look a thing like Octopussy.
A cocktail purse. Cute but not refreshing.
Bring you flowers with you wherever you go with this bouquet purse.
A fish out of water! Is it still a fish?
The Rabbit purse that comes with it’s own set of wheels to make a quick get away.
Piggy purse.
The Ice Cream truck, priced at $295. And, it does not offer Strawberry or Chocolate.
On February 1 and 2, 2016, the “Heartland of America” was hit with record snowfall for a 2 day period. Grand Island, Nebraska was at the bulls eye of the storm. It received 18.3 inches of snow with 45+ mph wind gust. Here are a few pictures I took.
It is starting to snow.
7 a.m. Tuesday morning. Don’t think I will be going out in that!
Lets explore!
Wednesday – will I be able to get my car in the garage?
That doesn’t look too bad.
Oh my! Cold, cold hand!
This is going to be a challenge to get the car in the garage.
Making progress!
Success!!!
Thursday morning! The snow removal guys came and clear the sidewalks and rest of driveway. But, more snow.
I’ve learned that I could take a .jpeg file and load it into the Cura software that came with the 3d printer (Ultimaker 2) and it would add depth to the picture. I had the option of letting either the dark or light colors to have depth.
I selected one of my pictures that I took at the Holy Family Shrine.
I had to scale down the image to 4″ x 6″ in the Cura software because 1101.3 x 1468.5 mm (43.35 x 57.81 inches) was too big for the printer.
I believe the results were amazing.
Eagle Scout Park is one of my favor places to get outside and exercise. With the weather at 16 degrees and ice/snow on the ground it was a beautiful site.
My niece asked me to come listen to her sing for Santa at Bass Pro Shop in Denham Springs. I recorded the choir singing some of their Christmas songs. Here they are singing Jingle Bells.
While I was waiting for Santa to arrive, here are some of the things I found at Bass Pro.
A few snowmen. What is Winter without snowmen.
A reindeer in his cute boots.
I’ve learned what Santa does while the elves are making toys. I bet you thought he was sleeping.
And, I found out how those reindeer are actually keep in line.
The Holy Family Shrine is in Gretna, Nebraska, which is locate outside of Omaha. During my trips to and from Omaha I saw this awesome building sitting up a on hill. I immediately wanted to visit it.
Later, while looking for places to visit in Nebraska, I saw this building listed and learned its name and found its website: Holy Family Shrine. After many months, with travel arrangement changing, I finally made a trip to the Nebraska Crossing Outlet Mall and a visit to the Shrine was only five minutes away.
There is a fountain in the gift shop with water trickling down. A stream runs from the fountain, out the doors, down a path, and through the Shrine.
The Shrine is located on a hill surrounded by fields.
It was beautiful. Even on the cold, cloudy, gray day when I visited the Shrine.
Inside the Shrine wasn’t fancy. But, who needs fancy when you have such a magnificent view.
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