Although it is grown in Fullerton Botanical Garden, it is found in the Pampas grasslands of South America, where it is a tree called the Ombu. It is the only tree-like plant that lives on the Pampas because it does not require much water to survive. The Ombu can be found in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.
Ombu Tree
Ombu Sign
Rosa ‘Louis de Funes’ is a fragrant, hybrid tea rose with striking orange-red blooms. It has a classic, elegant shape, a strong scent, and is disease-resistant.
Here is one from Fullerton Botanical Garden, with water droplets on the petals.
Rose ‘Louis de Funes’
It looks like a dam to control water flow between the lake and the small river at Yorba Linda Regional Park
Mini Dam at Yorba Linda Regional Park
There are 101 slips at Hilton Head Harbor Marina, 20′ to 45′, with easy access to open water
Boats at Hilton Head Harbor Marina
Harbour Town Lighthouse reflection on the ripples in the water creates a captivating image
Harbour Town Lighthouse Reflection
Rippling water, reflections, and tall grass create a pleasing image for the eyes
Marsh Designs
Random leaves and flowers on water look like an artful, natural painting
Designed by Nature
Under shallow water and on a beach, reveal natural, artful designs in the sand.
Ripples in Lake Sand
Patterns in Sand
This rock is naturally formed, creating designs. Often, those white bands or stripes, called veins, are quartz or calcite. Quartz filled the fissures and cracks in rocks. The calcite was formed from the precipitation of calcium carbonate from water running over and through the rocks.
Designs in a Rock
Baker Beach has one of the best sunset views in San Francisco as the sun reflects on the bridge. While we were there on a foggy evening, a slight break in the clouds let in some light. Swimmers were in the water watching the light in the clouds.
Sunset light illuminated the clouds over the Golden Gate Bridge, providing a surreal image.
Glimpse of Sunset at Baker Beach
Clouds at Golden Gate Bridge
People and a dog enjoying the water of Hooker Falls, near Brevard, North Carolina
Sitting by Hooker Falls
Family Enjoying Hooker Falls
After splashing in the water at Hooker Falls, there is a nice place to rest in the hammock.
A Resting Place at Hooker Falls
Water from a creek flows under the bridge, while creating ripples is also clear at one end
Bridge over the Stream
Clear water from the waterfall flows in the creek over the rocks
Flowing Water over the Rocks
Flowing Water
A building on a lake at Chapultepec Park. Mexico City created an artistic reflection of the waves on the water
Building Reflections at Chapultepec Lake
Campo Marte in Mexico City has a water fountain uniquely architectured
Campo Marte Water Feature Side_
Campo Marte Water Feature
Campo Marte Water Feature Side View
Campo Marte Water Feature Closeup
A nice water feature outside the National Auditorium of Mexico City
Water Feature at National Auditorium
A new study reveals that flamingos are not passive filter feeders but active hunters of prey. Instead of chasing their diverse diet, they create disturbances in the water that force the food items to come to them, a much more efficient approach.
Here is one trying to create a disturbance in the water at Sylvan Heights Bird Park, but instead has colorful reflections.
Flamingos feed on everything suitably sized in shallow water, from brine shrimp to insect larvae and insects themselves. Their famous color comes from carotenoids in blue-green algae, which they either eat directly or consume through aquatic algal-feeding animals.
A Pair of American Flamingos
The duck in water seems to be leading the elephant at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro, while the other two don’t care.
Duck Leading an African Elephant