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Fall Features in the Park at Dallas Aboretum - Dallas, Texas
October 17, 2011
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Cinderella Pumpkin Village
[Buildings with thatched roofs and sidewalls constructed to appear if they are comprised completely of stacked gourds. One building is multi-colored gourds while another is all white gourds.]

Close-up of the village "walls"
[View of one wall with the many natural colors and shapes of gourds visibile as they hang in metal loops.]

Cinderella's carriage in the village
[White, metal, latticed, pumpkin shaped carriage with large white wheels and a golden seating area around the inside. One young girl stands on the seat looking back toward an elder.]

Thousands of pumpkins and gourds in the Arboretum
[A very large mound of gourds at the base of a

Marina de Chioggia Squash is one of the many interesting varieties of gourds.
[Light purple skinned squash whose shape resembles a pumpkin, but whose skin looks like its completely covered with warts.]

Crape Myrtle Allee lined with pumpkins.
[A pathway lined with pumpkins under a thick arch of crape mytle.]

This appears to be two trees entwined for life.
[One tree which appears to be comprised of two trunks twirled together as they grow upward.]

One of several "water walls" at the arboretum
[An approximately 8 foot wide wall of water falling from a height of at least 6 feet. A young girl stands in front of it with her head tilted up and her arms outstretched to her sides. She is enjoying the spray of water coming from the fall.]

Some of the colorful blooms at the arboretum
[Two dark pink daisy-like flowers with creamy yellow centers each standing atop a long thin stem against a background of unfocused greenery.]

Chinese Ground Orchid
[Two light orchid petaled, 5-petaled flower with a yellow button center and darker yellow stamen ringing the center.]

Monarch butterfly wearing its polka dot body suit.
[Close up side view of a monarch butterfly on a stem of small white flowers.]

The fuzziness of a Monarch butterfly
[A view of the entire wing expanse of a monarch butterfly on a stalk of small white flowers. The furriness of part of the body is evident.]

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