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 Houston, TX - Ten 36x24 Canvas Prints of a photograph, Dreaming of Wildflowers, are available for limited time discount sales.

Texas had suffered from the severe drought in 2010 and 2011 and many wildflowers were one of the victims that did not make it in those years. This year, the state was blessed with rain and many wildflowers came back and bloomed. In April, photographer Ellie Teramoto found a field of magnificent red, orange and blue flowers in an empty lot in Chappell Hill, TX, and captured the image of its beautiful happy landscape.

The picture is an excellent home decor that brings in the happy mood captured in the image in which flowers look almost to be celebrating their season after the suffering.

The limited time sales is going to expire on October 27, 2012. For details, please click the link for more information.
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Special limited time sales! 36 x 24 stretched canvas prints of my wildflower photo. Happy flowers on your wall :)

Limited Time Promotion: Dreaming Of Wildflowers Stretched Canvas Print

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Buy a 36.00 x 24.00 stretched canvas print of Ellie Teramoto’s Dreaming of wildflowers for $149.00. Only 10 prints remaining. Offer expires on 10/27/2012.

It has been very busy since the last post … I was in Colorado to cover the BioBlitz event (here is a link to the story: Climate change, pollution force NPS to rethink management strategies ), and now I have just participated at a local art fair in The Woodlands, TX this Saturday. In Colorado, taking pictures at 12,000 feet above sea level was not an easy task … The air was very thin due to the altitude. I am more used to the living style almost at sea level, like the one in Houston, TX!

But the Colorado Rockies were very beautiful in the summer. I saw elks, moose, and in the alpine tundra before the sunrise, I found a group of bighorn sheep carefully jumping around the rocks on a very steep cliff. Here is one of the pictures that I managed to take.

One of the bighorn sheep hops on a rock at 12,000 feet in the Colorado Rockies.  Prints Available   RM License

They are very shy animals, definitely shyer than elk. I wish I was prepared more when I spotted the sheep on the cliff — I had to go back to my car to get a telephoto lens. By the time I was back in the position to take their pictures, they were moving away at a faster pace.

After 15 minutes or so, the sun gradually started illuminating the ridges. Due to the altitude, it was quite cold. The sun really helped my hands get warm while taking pictures.

The sun started illuminating the mountains above the tree line of the Colorado Rockies.  Prints Available  RM License

As you can see in the picture, you do not see trees at the alpine tundra. But still you find small alpine vegetation on the surface of the ridges. If I was at a right time, I should have been able to see more flowers blooming there too.

Alpine vegetation of the Colorado Rockies.  RM License

Climate change is causing changes in the living condition of the vegetation in the alpine tundra. The flowers bloom earlier due to warmer temperatures. I have heard some need to escape to higher and cooler altitudes in order to survive. I was not able to capture the image of many flowers during this trip, but I definitely want to visit them next time when I fly to Colorado.

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On one weekend, I drove by the Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, a home to one of the last populations of critically endangered Attwater’s prairie chicken.

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The refuge is located about 60 miles west of Houston. According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, they were one of the most abundant local birds in the Texas tall grass prairies. I was not able to see the Attwater’s prairie chicken on that day, but hopefully I can for the next visit.

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For fine art prints, gallery wraps, etc.

For fine art prints, gallery wraps, etc.