Dallas Farmers Market and Dallas Arboretum

On Monday I took a trip downtown to the Dallas Farmers Market. I got a whole meal out of it. All of the vendors were very generous. They offered samples of watermelon, peaches, tomatoes, mangoes, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, and much more.I bought some peaches, green beans, new red potatoes, corn, a mango, and a cactus pear. The corn was not good, Wisconsin's is way better! The mango, beans, and peaches are delicious! I'm not so sure about the cactus pear. It was very sweet and had a stringy texture.

I spent the afternoon walking around 66 acres of Botanical Gardens known as the Dallas Arboretum. It contains many series of gardens and fountains along the shores of White Rock Lake with an opening to view the Dallas skyline. 44 acres of the grounds used to be the estate of Everette Lee DeGolyer and his wife, Nell, who lived in a 21,000 square foot Spanish-style home. DeGolyer is known as "the founder of applied geophysics in the petroleum industry." They were millionaires. Their retirement home was built in 1939 and is now on the National Register of Historic Places. It was a very cool tour!