Spring is still in bloom

May 26, 2013 by anyonecantakeapicture

I finally made it to Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens this year! Thanks to my company giving us half a day off on Friday, I made my way over to enjoy the late, cool, almost cold and overcast spring weather. Friday was also the first day of the Butterflies Live exhibit, which I missed last year. They will be there until October and I plan on going again and actually reading the informational posters as I was, as always, more interested in taking pictures ;-)

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While I was in the conservatory, I had to take a look at all of the orchids and other tropical plants.

While I could have spent another hour in there, there were plenty of other things to look at, including the rose garden.

I spotted a cute little family of geese quietly gliding across the pond before making my way over the bridge.

So many things to see!

Can’t wait to see what I’ll spot on the next trip!!

Tulip tracking

April 17, 2013 by anyonecantakeapicture

I mentioned these tulips already in Spring…around town, but I’m having fun tracking the growth of them so I’m starting a separate post. I’ll update and add photos each day to this one, so please check back each day!

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

This is a close up of the first tulip that opened

Second one that opened

The purple one finally fully opened!

I think the last one is yellow, but I don’t really remember. It’ll be a surprise, can’t wait!

Thursday – not much has changed since yesterday. Still no movement on bud #4.

There was absolutely no change on Friday. But I did have to change the vase as they were started to droop a little too much for the mason jar.

Saturday – the last bud finally started to open up a little bit!

Spring…around town

April 16, 2013 by anyonecantakeapicture

I didn’t make it to Lewis Ginter last week as I had planned, so I went tonight after work, only to discover they close at 5:00! Their extended hours don’t start until June. Oh well, it was getting a little too overcast to get good floral shots anyway.

I still needed to get my fix of flowers last week, where I could, while I waited to make my way over to the Gardens, so here they are.

These red tulips were taken at Montgomery’s first birthday party, my honorary nephew ;-)

I always have my camera with me now. These cherry blossom trees were in the parking lot at my local grocery store.

This red bud was in front of the elementary school down the street from me. I would have stayed longer and tried more angles, but I’m a wee bit terrified of bees. Was proud of myself for getting as many shots as I did!

My loving parents came over on Sunday to pick me up for a Sunday drive (I desperately needed to get out of the house after being trapped in it for five days). We spotted a bright neon green sign that read “pick your own tulips!” So we stopped and did just that!

These are the four I picked, one day later on Monday.

Here they are two days later on Tuesday.

I love flowers. If I haven’t said it already, I usually can’t have fresh flowers in the house because of the cats. They just love chewing, and then subsequently vomiting up, the leaves. So I tend to err on the side of caution and not bring them in the house too often. Therefore, I take pictures of them so I always have a blossom to look at on my screen.