Botanical Gardens - Part II

If you missed part one, here is a link to the Migrant Butterflies

...to continue with our little time we spent at the Botanical Gardens, before we arrived there, as we drove down the back way to avoid the heavy traffic flow, we went through a residential area. There, in a field yet to be developed with homes, we spotted three coyotes. Being that it is a boulevard with absolutely no place to pull over, we whipped a u-turn and stopped the car in a turn-around spot. I took these from the car window so not all that clear....

...when we arrived, we paid our entrance fee, and began walking the grounds. Many acres of open field to search for birds. And to enjoy the many points of interest along the way. For some time now, the Gardens has had a special showing of a Texan Artist from Houston scattered strategically in areas with such awesome, yet bizarre works of art. All his work is made from scrap metal and junk yard items. Some even are animated - one I read, even shoots fire. I will share the photos of his works that I captured in the concluding post.

But for now, I share THIS bird [one of his works]  I may be cheating a little bit on the "WILD" bird for Wednesday, but it's wild in a whole 'nother sense.   It's entitled FREEBIRD In a way, I really like the shadow it cast on the lawn just as much as the sculpture...

This freebird was positioned and anchored just a few feet from the rose pavilion. Roses of every kind and color were opened into full bloom and buds [photos 1 and 3]!! And a bush [photo 2] that was heavily shrouded in blossoms was gorgeous. The Plumeria [photo 4] wasn't all that showy this time of year. In fact, the Garden's staff store these somewhere in the cold months and bring them out the the Plumeria Garden again in the Spring when threat of cold nights no longer exist.

...other than the wildlife that shares the property like birds and coyotes and snakes and lizards [the Garden does have indoor exhibits of tropical birds such as parrots and cockatiels, they also have lizards and turtles]. Just adjacent to the children's playground, they had a tortoise behind a fence. This is my Good Fences for the week!