Get outside and explore nature and the great outdoors. Some of these Houston photos were taken at Memorial Park, the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center, the Cockrell Butterfly Center (at the Houston Museum of Natural Science) and the greenspace along Buffalo Bayou. Other great viewing spots are the Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens, Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, Hermann Park, Sylvan Rodriguez Park and Discovery Green. Additional photos come from around the Lone Star State.
A big high five to the contributors to the Houston Press Flickr Pool for sharing their photographs: brando.n, Patrick Feller, jjsala and Jerald Jackson.
Additional photos via CC from Jeff P, ljmacphee, Craig ONeal, Kimberly Vardeman, Kumar Appaiah, Nazianzus, kathryn, R. Crap Mariner, Travis Purcell, fun in photo’s, mario and slgckgc.
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In the spring, bluebonnets cover area roadsides and bayous. -
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The wildflowers are just about done for the year, but the lovely spring weather is just beginning. -
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And we can’t forget the pungent odor of the corpse flower at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
