Tulips

Early Friday afternoon Nancy traded her lawyer outfit for walking shoes and jeans while Jim fixed a malfunctioning pullout tray on her desk...

Looked like a role reversal to me.

Their lovely daughter Laura in her office across the hall where she practices law.

We piled in Jim's dandy hybrid and went to the Dallas arboretum, lured by the news that the 500,000 tulip bulbs that were planted in the Fall had bloomed.

The arboretum lies across a lake from downtown Dallas...

Dallas skyline.

When you are in Texas it isn't easy to forget.

The tulips were everything you could want your eyes to feast upon...

I can only imagine all the work involved to grow these half-million bulbs into such a display.

We came upon a photo shoot, and soon another one of two separate young ladies' quinceaneras...

Que bonita! Two lovely very young women during their special debut.

There were many other lovely spring plantings. The weather here was completely cooperative and stimulating all the leaf buds to soon make an appearance. In the meantime, the trees were stunning in their beautiful shapes contrasting with the color around them...

There were water features everywhere. 

While waiting for an empty electric cart we rested for a bit. The carts were all full so we finished out the walk ourselves.

A highlight of the evening meal out was going to the very first ever Black-eyed Pea restaurant. I was a faithful patron of the one in Tucson until its doors closed. Happily, I enjoyed the fare one more time. Great fare and company.

Today, while Jim biked in near-perfect weather, Nancy and I went to Sam-Moon emporium to browse the very interesting merchandise at a leisurely pace. While Nancy cheered granddaughter Jessa to six goals (go Jessa!) of the nine scored to beat the soccer opposition this afternoon, I did up my laundry and began the plans for the next leg of the trip.

This evening the buffet we ate was Mediterranean and featured a favorite of mine: lamb shanks and all the veggies I could eat. Oh, my. Oh, stop.