A Trip to The Myriad Gardens

Emily continues to be in need of scoring some extra credit points for her science class. A trip to the Myriad Gardens qualifies so off we went this past Saturday. A great way to spend some time with Emily and a great way to give my iPhone’s camera a real workout. Let’s go!

A brisk wind made the walk from our car to the inside a thrilling adventure and it was a nice break to stroll amidst the tropical greenery during this late Fall.

Emily the Naturalist:

Let’s zoom in for some closeups. Oh. Wait. The iPhone doesn’t have a zoom feature. Nor does it have a macro feature. Not a very good one, anyway, but, hey, not bad:

No one puts Emily in a cave!

Let’s see how well the camera can capture motion:

Video? Sure!

(The iPhone’s camera isn’t too bad for capturing images and video on the fly but if I want something of a better quality, I’d better start toting a separate pocket camera like the great Rick Lee.)

Afterwards, we went over to Bricktown and grabbed a few slices at Falcone’s. No, not Manhattan but it’ll have to do.

Another delightful afternoon, thanks to Emily.

Scientists Realize Three Different Fish Are One Species

Don’t take my word for it that the discovery that three seemingly different fish are actually one species. Here’s G. David Johnson, ichthyologist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History:

“You can imagine it was a pretty exciting discovery,” said G. David Johnson, an ichthyologist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.

See?

More excitement, you say? How about a picture?

Calm yourself.

>Scientists Realize Three Different Fish Are One Species

>Don’t take my word for it that the discovery that three seemingly different fish are actually one species. Here’s G. David Johnson, ichthyologist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History:

“You can imagine it was a pretty exciting discovery,” said G. David Johnson, an ichthyologist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.

See?

More excitement, you say? How about a picture?

Calm yourself.

>Stone Age Temple May Be Birthplace of Civilization

>Interesting:

The elaborate temple at Gobelki Tepe in southeastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, is staggeringly ancient: 11,500 years old, from a time just before humans learned to farm grains and domesticate animals.

According to the German archaeologist in charge of excavations at the site, it might be the birthplace of agriculture, of organized religion — of civilization itself.

“This is the first human-built holy place,” Klaus Schmidt of the German Archaeological Institute says in the November issue of Smithsonian magazine.

I think it’s not only telling that from the very beginning, humans felt not only a need to build altars to God but to recreate the environment around them in their own terms. Here’s the accompanying picture to the article which shows a relief of a fox chipped into the rock:

Art, religion. They go hand in hand with civilization.

Stone Age Temple May Be Birthplace of Civilization

Interesting:

The elaborate temple at Gobelki Tepe in southeastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, is staggeringly ancient: 11,500 years old, from a time just before humans learned to farm grains and domesticate animals.

According to the German archaeologist in charge of excavations at the site, it might be the birthplace of agriculture, of organized religion — of civilization itself.

“This is the first human-built holy place,” Klaus Schmidt of the German Archaeological Institute says in the November issue of Smithsonian magazine.

I think it’s not only telling that from the very beginning, humans felt not only a need to build altars to God but to recreate the environment around them in their own terms. Here’s the accompanying picture to the article which shows a relief of a fox chipped into the rock:

Art, religion. They go hand in hand with civilization.

Stone Age Temple May Be Birthplace of Civilization

Interesting:

The elaborate temple at Gobelki Tepe in southeastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, is staggeringly ancient: 11,500 years old, from a time just before humans learned to farm grains and domesticate animals.

According to the German archaeologist in charge of excavations at the site, it might be the birthplace of agriculture, of organized religion — of civilization itself.

“This is the first human-built holy place,” Klaus Schmidt of the German Archaeological Institute says in the November issue of Smithsonian magazine.

I think it’s not only telling that from the very beginning, humans felt not only a need to build altars to God but to recreate the environment around them in their own terms. Here’s the accompanying picture to the article which shows a relief of a fox chipped into the rock:

Art, religion. They go hand in hand with civilization.