Longwood Part 2

I can never resist a shot of the tower

I love these garlic chives above--pretty and practical

 

Every time I go to Longwood I see something new

The little lady above was a new one on this trip

 I was walking by this and wanted a picture so badly of it...

but it was crowded and I had to wait for awhile until there was no

"traffic" :)

I thought it was worth it!

We always pop into the gift shop before we leave

Loved this "bee" display

I want Echinacea this color in my garden one day...

Orange!

Of course Bri spotted this little guy in the outdoor portion

of the gift shop before we left ;)

 

 

Lovely Longwood

Bri and I love to go to Longwood Gardens in PA.

Groupon had 1/2 price...so we went last Sat.

It was such a glorious day!

We had fun--Bri wearing a "hat". :)

I was on "overload" with all of the colors!

Bri in front of the Italian Gardens

We were so happy that the water lilies were open--

they never seem to be open when we're there.

I thought the ones above look like "shark fins"

 

I just couldn't resist snapping the one above--so interesting!

This hibiscus was the size of a dinner plate!

These are the true colors--no editing!

Love this hummingbird sculpture

We went to visit the "student gardens" and loved it!

Wish my veggie garden looked like this!

Complete w/playhouse!

Love these combos

We found this guy in the bush--he found echinacea seeds on

an old plant inside.

It was so refreshing to be outside-surrounded by gorgeous

gardens--and not have to weed! lol

 

Hope you enjoyed these, I'll post more later.

 

 

Longwood February 2013 Part 2

More random examples of God's awesome, amazing handiwork!

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

¹² And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

I'll post more in another post :)

Longwood February 2013

Briana and I snapped up a deal on Groupon to go to Longwood Gardens...

We knew our time was limited because she will be going away for 2 weeks during

the short time the groupon was good, so we were quite thrilled to have a "Spring-like" day

crop us for us to go! It's a lovely Mother/Daughter trip!

We started out doing the grounds on one side of the gardens...

And then we moved into the Conservatories for awhile--I can't tell you how gorgeous it is here,

and what a boost it gives your spirit to be in the lushness of these flowers in the dead of winter!

God's creation is evident everywhere you look!

The main feature this time of year are the Orchids.

Amazing how many varieties God made of this lovely flower!

The colors on the one below aren't flashy, but I find something so appealing about them!

The one below always reminds me of ladies in fancy dresses :)

Everything is such a feast for the eyes...and the camera!

I really had a chance to "break" my new camera in that the

kids and Phil gave me for Christmas!

If you look left on the above picture, you can see a grapefruit tree :)

I just picked some random interesting shots to post

You can see below that Bri was in her "picture taking glory"!

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; Song of Solomon 2:12

I will post some in a separate post so I don't "overload" you!