Monday Macro - Periwinkle

There is a bed of periwinkle that grows wild around the northeast corner of my house.  It is one of the earliest bloomers in the spring and the leaves stay green over the winter.  I am an admirer of anything that can survive our hot dry summers, especially if it blooms.

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Weekend Reflections - New Driller Stadium

The Tulsa Driller baseball field is reflected in the entrance to the Perimeter Technology Building.  This is one of a number of old downtown buildings which have been remodeled and repurposed in the city center.

ONEOK Field is located in the historic Greenwood District of downtown Tulsa. The art deco style architecture of the ballpark pays tribute to Tulsa's professional baseball past, the Greenwood District and the City of Tulsa. Prior to this new stadium the Drillers played at the Tulsa county fairground.  The Drillers played their first game in the new ballpark on Thursday, April 8, 2010. The ONEOK foundation contributed 5 million dollars toward the construction and earned naming rights for the next 20 years. ONEOK is an energy company supplying natural gas to the Tulsa area.

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Skywatch Friday - Guthrie Green

The Guthrie Green is a new public space covering a block just south of the new studios of KOTV Channel 6.  The green contains a bandstand for live music and a fountain for kids to play in.  The landscaping is newly planted and will look better every year.  The gently sloping grass lawn provides seating for a free movie when weather permits.  Downtown Tulsa is coming alive.

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Wednesday Doors - Chaotic Club

A night club on East Admiral in Tulsa.

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Ruby Tuesday - 2013 VW Golf

This young man was checking out a 2013 Volkswagen Golf at the recent Tulsa Auto Show.  He wanted to sit behind the wheel but his big brother beat him to it.  This seems to be a male prerogative as I saw very few girls making such inspections.  Maybe it has something to do with the male hunter-gatherer instinct.  Maybe girls are just smarter.

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Macro Monday - Bee on Japonica

Spring has come to Tulsa.  There is a row of Japanese Quince on the east side of my house, "Japonica".  They are very pretty and the bees love them.

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Black & White Reflections - Tulsa PAC

The 2nd Street entrance of Tulsa's Performing Arts Center.

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Skywatch Friday - Warren Clinic

The Warren Clinic Tower, 6600 South Yale Avenue, Tulsa.  It reflects a lot of sky.  This is a long shot from Sue's hospital room in St. Francis a few weeks ago.  She had a hip replaced and is doing much better now.

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Thursday Challenge - Expensive

This 874 Auburn Dual-Cowl Phaeton was displayed at the Tulsa Auto Show by Broken Arrow resident Glen Pray.  I don't know what it's worth but I bet I can't afford it.  There is a very interesting story that goes with this beauty.  Read it HERE.

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Wednesday Doors - Mapco Plaza

Mapco Plaza, 1718 S. Boulder Avenue, Tulsa

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Weekend Reflections - 2013 Jeep Cherokee

It's a far cry from the original Army Jeep.

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Skywatch Friday - North on Boulder

The view of downtown Tulsa looking north from about 13th and South Boulder Avenue.

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Thursday Challenge - Mother

My mother Ina Mae at age 2, in 1915.

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Ruby Tuesday - Little Red Truck

1931 Ford Model A pickup truck.

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Macro Monday - Tulsa Car Show - Boxster

The Tulsa Auto Show was this weekend with hundreds of new and classic cars.  The close up is the interior of a 2013 Porche Boxster.  I took lots of photos.

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Black & White Reflections - Lake Ft. Gibson

Fort Gibson Reservoir, Wagoner, OK

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Wednesday Doors - New Dominion, LLC

New Dominion, LLC, 1307 South Boulder Avenue, Tulsa

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Ruby Tuesday - Red Bellied Woodpecker

The Red Bellied Woodpecker is distinguished by a red cap and nape, white cheeks and a black and white ladder back.  The female has a red nape but the cap is white.  The belly is only faintly tinged with rose.  These are not common at my feeders.

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Macro Monday - Mama Sparrow.

I have an early tenant in the rose bush that grows across my front porch.  Good luck.

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Weekend Black and White - Harwelden

Harwelden Mansion was built in 1923 by Tulsa Oilman Earl Palmer Harwell at 2210 South Main. The stately mansion was said to be the only Collegiate Gothic-English Tudor Style home in Tulsa. For more see: HERE

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Skywatch Friday - The Blacksmith Shop

When I was a boy growing up in Wagoner this was the blacksmith shop.  The shop was open in the front about where the big for sale sign is now.  I don't remember his name but the smith was a big man usually wearing bib overalls with no shirt underneath.  In my mind's eye I see him standing at his coal fired furnace pulling something glowing white hot then pounding it at a waist high anvil.  Every time the hammer came down the sparks flew.  That would have been about 1950.

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Thursday Challenge - Ice Cold Sign

CMG is a professional user's group I belonged to for 25 years - the Computer Measurement Group.  The hotel carved this sign out of ice,  Pretty cool eh?

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Wednesday Doors - Midtown Tulsa

1718 South Cheyenne, Tulsa

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Ruby Tuesday - New Red Car

If you are in the market for a new car, here is a 2013 Acura.  I admired it but left it at the dealer.

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Macro Monday - Goldfinches

Two pair of Goldfinches enjoying thistle seed at my feeder.  As is common with birds the males are more colorful.

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Black & White Weekend - Cypress Knees

In the center is a cypress tree surrounded by its "knees".  The cypress likes to grow near or slightly in shallow water.  But the roots need to breath and if the water rises for too long the tree will drown.  So the cypress sends up "knees" from its root system like a diver uses a snorkel   When I took shop in high school we made nice table lamps from cypress knees.

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Weekend Reflection - Melting Away

There was frost on the windshield of my car one day last week but when I got out there it had started to melt.  It kind of reminded me of a world map showing continental drift.

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Skywatch Friday - Tulsa's Rose Bowl

The Rose Bowl bowling alley was built at 7419 East 11th Street in Tulsa on what was originally Route 66.  Some history is found HERE.

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Thursday Challenge - Red as a Lobster

The Thursday challenge for this week is "Red".  What can be redder than a lobster?  I happened to find a nice big sign with a red lobster on it.  I not plugging one particular restaurant but as you might guess, big pictures of lobsters are not very common in land locked Tulsa Oklahoma.  My birthday is Friday March 1st and I think Sue is going to treat me to a lobster dinner.  I will be 72.

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Wednesday Doors - Las Americas

Like many cities, Tulsa has a growing Hispanic population.  In largely Hispanic areas a variety of businesses cater to every taste.  Markets like Las Americas are small shopping centers offering food, clothing, and traditional merchandise of all sorts.  A trip through the doors of one of these malls is like a quick visit to Mexico.

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Ruby Tuesday - Red Birds

Tulsa has had several inches of snow this week and today (Monday) it rained all day.  Not a heavy downpour but one of those slow soaking rains that sinks in and fills up the ponds.  More snow is forecast and we should have several more inches by morning.

My bird feeders have had plenty of customers.  Here are two kinds of redbirds.  The little guy is a house finch with a red cap and bib.  The big guy is a male Cardinal, one of the most widely recognized birds in the USA.  When I was a kid we called them "redbirds".

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Macro Monday - Lunch Time

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Black & White Reflections - Crystal Bridges

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is in Bentonville Arkansas.  The museum is built across the Crystal Spring and features several trails through the scenic landscape.  For more information look HERE.

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Skywatch Friday - Let it Rain!

The part of the country around Oklahoma has been terribly dry for the last several years.  Ranchers have had to sell cattle because their stock ponds were dry.  But starting about two weeks ago we have finally had some rain.  For the last several days we have had rain mixed with snow.   We are hoping that our dry spell is over.

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Thursday Challenge - Photo of a Photo

This photograph is on display in the Tulsa Historical Society.  The Apache chief Geronimo is pictured wearing a top hat and driving a 1905 Buick.  The photographer is unknown.

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Macro Monday - Young Pup

Last week we drove over to Wagoner to celebrate two birthdays. My oldest grand child Sarah is 18 and youngest Wren is 2.  Wren's new puppy Gus is about 4 months old and from the size of his paws he is going to be a big dog.


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Black & White Reflections - Sycamore Tree

On the southeast corner of the parking area for the 41st and Riverside Park is my favorite sycamore.  I would guess that a little sycamore tree got cut off near the ground and three volunteers sprouted up in its place.  

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Skywatch Friday - Too Wet to Play

The little playground at 41st and Riverside was deserted today.  We had a much needed rain that kept the kiddies away.

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Black & White Weekend - The Blue Rose

The Blue Rose is a great place to kick back, relax, and enjoy fine food.  The restaurant features a large patio area constructed on piers overlooking the Arkansas River.

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Skywatch Friday - Nary a Cloud in the Sky

On Riverside Parkway looking west across the Arkansas River.

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Thursday Challenge - Water

 A bubble fountain delights children of all ages,

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