White Tiger -- intense stare

This is one of the white tigers at the Aquarium in downtown Houston.  Notice the stare -- he seemed to wonder around aimlessly, but his state was intense.
--steve buser

White Tiger, Houston, Texas

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Bubble Girl

Our granddaugher Sophie climbs up in the bubble under the sting ray tank at the Aquarium in Downtown Houston.  Personally, I don't think she cared a bit about the stingrays.  She was after a new experience of being underwater without getting wet.
--steve buser

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Spinning time in Houston

Little Sophie wants to see what she looks like riding one of those wave-hopping wonders on the Carousel at the Aquarium in Houston. You can see of course that mommy is keeping a close watch in the background.
-- steve buser

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Hold on, this is going down to the wire.

Hold on tiger. This is going to be a wild ride.

This was our recent trip to the Aquarium in Houston. From the left is grandson Sullivan, me, granddaughter Sophie, and our son, "Uncle" Shawn.

Guess who won the race? I'll give you a hint. I was in last place.

--steve buser

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Stay, kitty

This is the white tiger at the Houston Aquarium that you saw yesterday. This close up was courtesy my new lens. Doesn't he look just like a playful little kitty? Thank God for thick glass.

--steve buser

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Big is in the face of the beholder

Little Sophie gets an up-close-and-personal view of the white tiger at the Houston Aquarium. The tiger walked right up to the glass and paced back and forth a few times, then suddenly reached up on the glass with his paws. He probably does that a few times a day just to see how fearful those figures on the other side of the glass are.

--steve buser

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Feathery bathers

One more shot from the bathing birders at the Houston Aquarium -- our outing for the weekend. Seems evenbirds that are not of a feather bath together.

--steve buser

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Bubbling with excitement

This has to be a weird site for young kids,  to look up from under the water and see things floating around.  Sophie and Sullian (our grandkids) enjoy looking at the stingrays glide pass.   In the front,  the stingrays scoot up the side of the tank to try to find someone to pet them.   This tank is at the Aquarium in Houston.

--steve buser

Aquarium, Houston, Texas, kids, stingray

Puddle splasher

We were at the Houston Aquarium sitting outside, when a bunch of these sparrows came flying in to look for food from the picnickers and to take a bath in the water puddles. This guy was just drying out his feathers. Belly full, feathers clean, he flew away.

--steve buser

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I want an iquana

Our granddaughter Sophie and an Iquana at the Houston Aquarium seem to have a communication going on. We took the kids to the Aquarium for a a break. They enjoyed the fish and squirmy things, but most off the rides. I should say they enjoyed the train and the carousel. That's about as far as their bravery would take them.

--steve buser

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