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untain the ymca has the herman and kate kaiser ymca there they have paved parking flush toilets and their trails interconnect with turkey mountains plus i am a y member so i go there and check in so i stopped at the lodge and checked in and on the way out one of their people told me that they had a barbecue lunch going on and i was welcome and i didn t have to pay oh free food sign me up smoked brisket smoked sausage corn pudding potato salad and a peanut butter cookie so i went in and got me a plate and it was delicious i m not totally into free food plus i love the y my wife teaches classes at two other y s in town and i use the y s also plus the y on turkey mountain holds a special place in my heart they hosted the first trail race i ran in and a bunch more besides they provided a venue for the tulsa urban wilderness coalition to host leave no trace when they came to tulsa anyway the herman and kate kaiser y is a special place and they had qr cards around there where one could make a donation so i donated a modest sum talk about an unexpected meal it was great so fortified off i went i saw butterflies birds like this robin and more butterflies and more except this might be a moth and yet another butterfly and a bonus wasp hovering over some decent trails wildflowers more trails and a turtle at pepsi lake so almost four miles plus my merlin app picked up northern cardinals carolina wrens and tufted titmice on my outing what a special day thank you to the nice people at the herman and kate kaiser ymca for making the day special i am linking to through my lens this entry was posted in through my lens and tagged barbecue herman and kate kaiser ymca hiking through my lens turkey mountain on may 4 2026 by alan bates spring s dappled shadows 4 replies one of the cool things about spring is the dappled shadows under trees where the leaves are still coming out i love dappled light shadow shot sunday may 3 2026 this entry was posted in shadow shot sunday and tagged dappled shadows shadows springtime on may 4 2026 by alan bates saturday s critters at the tulsa zoo 6 replies a pair of fruit doves a sleepy iguana a proud peacock a basking rattlesnake some bright pink flamingos and in our own backyard a sassy male northern cardinal i m linking with saturday s critters this entry was posted in saturday s critters and tagged tulsa zoo fruit doves iguanas northern cardinal peacock pink flamingos rattlesnake saturday s critters on may 2 2026 by alan bates 2026 no kings day in tulsa 15 replies i saw this post on facebook from the white house account that declared that president trump and king charles of great britain were two kings that s cool i thought and then remembered that i haven t done a no kings protest post from the late march when tulsa along with the rest of the country participated this is my second no kings protest the first one last fall i painted a sign and everything and my wife and i went to the protest and held our sign up and had a great time as did everyone else there this time i just brought my camera i saw a lively chill crowd of all ages families old folks kids some brought their dogs lots of signs i love the signs not a policeman in sight nor were they needed there were lots of speeches i m not a speech listener i m not even a photographer i am a picture taker and i took a bunch of pictures some people went to some lengths for their signs others were much simpler i didn t see any counter protesters i didn t see any signs that said two kings i think tulsan s are okay with king charles of england being king over there he s welcome to visit he s very gracious guy and kind of witty in that dry english manner plus he hasn t sent his military over to threaten us they come here to train years ago there were some british troops training at oklahoma s camp gruber they came to tulsa s drillers aa baseball team they sat together and chanted soccer cheers everybody loved it they drank massive amounts of malted beverage but they rode a bus back to camp so they were safe any no riots no anger some strong language just people expressing how they feel i think the whole country made a statement i think everyone is fine with not having a king this entry was posted in protests and tagged no kings day protest on april 29 2026 by alan bates skywatch friday close to home and downtown 15 replies some stormy skies one early evening in the neighborhood the morning after a stormy sky in the neighborhood more threatening skies and a new roof going up on a dogwalk at our neighborhood greenbelt a very sunny and bright afternoon i love new leaves in the spring talk about fresh and green on earth day i was manning a booth in downtown tulsa representing the tulsa urban wilderness coalition this is a view of the food trucks it was also food truck wednesday i ended up getting some very spicy and flavorful thai food i am linking with skywatch friday this entry was posted in skywatch friday and tagged downtown skywatch friday on april 29 2026 by alan bates shadow shot sunday elephants petunias and tigers 10 replies elephants casting their own shadows at the tulsa zoo pink petunias casting their own shadow in our backyard my wife heather is an osu master gardener and loves gardening a tiger at the zoo lurking in a shadow i m linking with shadow shot sunday this entry was posted in shadow shot sunday and tagged elephants petunias shadow shot sunday shadows tulsa zoo on april 26 2026 by alan bates saturday s critters at home and in the woods 5 replies here is lizzie the queen of the household in one of her cat poses she often crosses her paws when in cat pose and i had never seen one paw pointed up sadie the rescue terrier and lizzie i was cleaning out the bird camera the other day and i noticed kodi the pom and sadie wanting in the bird camera was live so i got these two live on the bird cam kodi is good about going outside and dogging by himself sadie doesn t dogging by herself she ll dog with a human or with another dog they had had enough dogging and wanted in i went on a hike on turkey mountain the other day and came across this guy a giant redheaded centipede according to google images kind of a fearsome looking critter and is supposedly venomous we let him go on its way it was in its home and we were just visiting i found this dragonfly on turkey mountain as well when i was a kid in utah i was scared to death of these things and i can t remember why now i also found this white tailed deer on turkey mountain as well in a small meadow very curious you can see the hindquarters of another deer to the right and this squirrel i found while hiking at ray harrall nature center and a one minute twenty second video of the various critters on the bird feeder recently after i made the youtube video above an eastern bluebird paid a visit only ten seconds playing flickr videos is a little awkward you have to go way below the video to see the play button and that is it for this week i am linking with saturday s critters this entry was posted in saturday s critters and tagged backyard centipedes deer saturday s critters squirrels turkey mountain on april 26 2026 by alan bates rock creek route 66 skywatch 16 replies recently i went to the tulsa suburb of sapulpa to check out the rock creek bridge a must stop for route 66 fans especially since this year is the 100th year of route 66 s existence the bridge is open to foot traffic only from there i ventured back into sapulpa and found this umbrella alley i love all the colors the day i was there the wind was blowing pretty hard through the alley and the umbrellas were dancing as they say in the musical oklahoma oklahoma where the wind comes sweepin down the plain and the wavin wheat can sure smell sweet when the wind comes right behind the rain if you love wind move to oklahoma we have lots for everybody i also found this brand new place the waypoint lounge i was sure it was a bar for geocachers but alas it is an event space with lots of amenities check the link it is hard to make money off of geocachers they really like free stuff back home a view down the road in my neighborhood i don t have copyright and i finished a jigsaw puzzle i google lensed it and it is hallstatt austria sure is pretty place is what i think i don t have copyright and from our outer space this is from nasa s james webb space telescope augmented with data from the chandra x ray observatory it shows nebula ngc 6357 that contains pismis 24 a young cluster of stars about 5 500 light years from earth to me this is breathtaking so that s a wrap for this week i m linking with skywatch friday this entry was posted in skywatch friday and tagged umbrella alley waypoint lounge jigsaw puzzle nasa webb telescope chandra x ray observatory oklahoma rock creek bridge sapulpa skywatch friday on april 23 2026 by alan bates shadow shot sunday mid april edition an early morning for a retired guy shot saturday morning i love spring mornings even when it is 42f they warm up fast that is our terrier mix adoption dog sadie off to the left today sunday the 19th is her gotcha day we brought her home one year ago today she is a little sweetie a tree with its shadow during a dog walk in our neighborhood greenbelt i ve been playing around with the miniaturization feature in my iphone s camera app a photographers blind with scattered shadows at ray harral nature center in broken arrow this entry was posted in shadow shot sunday and tagged backyard greenbelt miniaturization ray harral nature center shadow shot sunday shadows on april 19 2026 by alan bates weekly critter photos 18 april 2026 here is our terrier mix rescue sadie sweetest dog ever and she loves taking a nap in the sun after chasing rabbits and squirrels all over the back yard and a turtle i found crossing a trail at ray harral nature center in broken arrow ok something about turtles they are crossing everything from trails to freeways right now in oklahoma a komodo dragon at the tulsa zoo a tower of giraffes milling around at the zoo waiting to be fed i love collective nouns of animals tower is new to me and might be my favorite a murder of crows is pretty high up there also fun fact see the green pipe in the background that is for the zoo s elephant enclosure it was donated to the zoo by one of my previous employers oneok inc it is brand new pipe with the green coating used for buried pipe to protect it from corrosion the pipe and its coating costs a fortune a lone rhino picking through their hay thank you for checking in i am linking with saturday s critters this entry was posted in saturday s critters and tagged tulsa zoo dogs giraffes ray harral nature center rhinoceros sadie saturday s critters turtle on april 18 2026 by alan bates post navigation older posts yogi alan bates of tulsa oklahoma husband father retired natural gas professional photographer runner hiker bicyclist geocacher tree hugger reading tutor strava activity summary geocaching stats oil and 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