Things you may spot at DFW Airpot

I left Dallas Thursday on a direct flight back to Belize. It is good to be home.  I had some time to spare at DFW Airport before the flight left, so I had a walk around Concourse D, the international concourse.  They have commissioned some very nice public art for the airport and I discovered that Concourse D is the permanent home of some really cool floor medallions.  The medallions, which are large at 20 feet in diameter, were each designed by a different Texas artist.  I took photos of all the ones I saw on my nearly 2 mile walk along the concourse and back to my gate.  The lighting was a challenge - glaring and reflective, but I think you will be able to get the idea.

Not my favorite, but fun never-the-less.

Linda Guy.  "Dance! Don't Walk"  2005

It was so cool to watch this toddler stagger around this one, stopping to place its (boy or girl? - I couldn't tell) hand on each of the blue hands before running to the next one.  I imagine the mom was happy to have her child so entertained while burning off some of that crazy kid energy.

Viola Delgado - Untitled, 2005

Couldn't find the artist or any information.

I'm not sure what this one is and it is the only one I couldn't find any information on.  I can see all sort of images in it ranging from animal totems to cityscapes.  What do you see?

Not its real title, but  I thought "Onion Rings" was fitting.

Jane Helslander "Floating in Space, a Waltz" 2005

This was the most difficult one to photograph.  I hope you can see the mockingbird on the fruit tree.  The Northern Mockingbird is the state bird of Texas.

Billy Hassell.  "Early Morning Flight". 2005

 I found this one very calming.

Ted Kincaid, Untitled, 2005

A lot going on in this one.

Beatrice Lebreton.  "Celebration"  2005

I wish I had taken the time to explore all the airport orange-colored 3-letter designations in the yellow rectangles on this game board.  You are supposed to be be able to get to DFW in the center from lots of other places.  

Pamela Nelson.  "Destination Game". 2005

Fantastic and fantastical horses in 3 colors - gold, blue, and red.

Richard Zapata.  "The Highest Power". 2005

My favorite is this very peaceful depiction of a cypress swamp.

Arthello Beck.  "Cypress Trees". 2005

 I also saw this:

Wilma Lingle.  "Airport Bathroom Selfie" 2022

The DFW website shows 2 other floor medallions that I didn't find and it doesn't show one of the ones above.  I'll have to do more exploring next time.  Which will be pretty soon.  My procedure is scheduled for May 16. 

Spring Colors in Dallas

I'm in Dallas for a few days, enjoying the gorgeous spring weather in between medical appointments.  I always stay at a hotel next to Bachman Lake City Park.   I enjoy walking around the lake and the location is fairly convenient to the University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Clinics, which I where I come for healthcare that is not available in Belize.  Healthwise, everything looks good, but I do have to come back for a procedure on my left eye.  The vision in that eye has deteriorated in the last 6 months to the point that it gets hard for me to read or use the computer unless I make the font pretty large.  And the left eye image conflicts with what I see in my right eye, so it pretty much makes me crazy!  Problem diagnosed now and a simple(-ish) solution, if eye surgery can ever be called simple.  I'll come back to Dallas for surgery  and hopefully can get it scheduled before the weather in Texas gets super hot!  A few photos below to share the beauty of spring in Dallas.

Can you see the turtles on the log?  I also saw some very large fish in the water.  This is the shallow end of the lake where the stream comes in.  I can almost see the turtles from the window in my hotel room.

Texas is known for its roadside primroses - here are lakeside primroses.

These colors look like autumn!  I think this is a Japanese maple.

Lakeside flag irises.

A closer view.

The weather has been delightful - cool at night and low 70sF (~22C) as the daytime high.  Still, I will be happy to get back home on Thursday.

Dallas in July

I go to Dallas for my medical care - that's where I had my shoulder evaluated.  I started going there in 2016 for cataract surgery and was very pleased with the care I received, so decided to get all my healthcare there.  I always stay at a hotel that is near Love Field, where SW Airlines flies, and not too far from DFW.  The hotel is  adjacent to Bachman Lake City Park, which gives me a nice place to walk and run.

Sunrise behind Bachman Lake.  Love Field Airport is along the far shore on the right.  Hotel is waaaay back around a bend on the lake at the left.  Took this shot from atop the dam at the west end of the lake.

My friend Vivian came to stay with me for this trip since I had to have eye surgery (removal of an epiretinal membrane that was distorting the vision in my right eye).  The surgery was easy and I only had to rest for a day.  Vivian and I decided to go to some museums and escape the heat.  Dallas has some lovely museums.  The photos below are from the Dallas Museum of Art.  I guess I was still a little wonky from the surgery, plus I had a patch over one eye, so I didn't get details from the exhibits.

Huge stone with cores cut out of it.  Boring, not boring.

Neon house.  Such a cool vibe.

Woman hanging clothes on the line on a windy day.  I like the shadow.

My favorite was an installation of Dale Chihuly's Hart Window glass sculpture.

HUGE installation, For scale, those are double doors at the bottom, center.

This was installed in 1995 and at the time these were the largest pieces of glass ever blown.  Even with just 1 eye, I couldn't miss them!