What delight to visit the Chicago Botanic Garden again in June! And what good fortune that it’s only a 5-minute drive from my son’s home. ☀️ Right now would be a great time to visit to see LIGHTSCAPE if you’re anywhere near Chicago!✨
Category Archives: Gardens
Last week I posted Part 1 about my marvelous summer visit to Paris with my precious one-and-only daughter! 🩷 This is Part 2. Vintage postcards, art prints and used books can be found in stalls such as the one above, on the sidewalk overlooking the Seine. The quintessential sidewalk scene in Paris. Outdoor cafés line […]
This past summer I spent a heavenly week in Paris with my amazing daughter ♥️! Although I only took iPhone shots, I can’t resist posting just a few images from our trip. Perhaps the most iconic landmark in Paris, “the Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower . . . built as the entrance arch […]
A variety of lovely blooms seen over the HOT summer in some of my favorite places in Florida: Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Green Cay Wetlands, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary . . . . . . and below, two special finds at Staten Island, New York’s wonderful Snug Harbor Botanical Gardens.☀️
As noted on the website of Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, visitors are often surprised to discover a century-old connection between Japan and South Florida. “Yamato Colony was once a small community of Japanese farmers in present-day northern Boca Raton. The story of the Yamato Colony begins with Jo Sakai’s visit to Florida in 1903. Sakai […]
My husband and I spent last Sunday at a captivating botanical garden located about an hour and a half north of where we live. I hadn’t been there in many years, and it was my husband’s first visit to McKee Botanical Garden. The Water Lilies are just remarkable at this time of year! I captured […]
A very short stroll through the Mounts Botanical Garden in nearby West Palm Beach, but so worth it~! To learn more about the Garden, click HERE. June blossoms and a glimpse of the model wetland (The Mounts Gardens). “Mounts Botanical is here to inspire, educate and surprise you with the wonders of nature.”
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