When editing this, I realized that I don’t think I’ve ever seen a “new” looking statue in a garden. They all look like something out of a horror movie, or maybe some British scifi tv show. I’m not a fan of horror, but something about the aging garden statues made of stone really captures my […]
Garden
Room With a View
The Thai Pavilion and Garden at Olbrich Botanical Garden in Madison, Wisconin, is worth the hike (even on the extremely hot day I visited and got this picture – I’m pretty sure I left a puddle of sweat about as deep as the pool in the photo.)
Pretty Sting
This was a case where I was really happy for having Photoshop… I’d taken a couple of different captures of this flower, but I didn’t like a major part of the two best ones. So, I combined them, removing the offending bits. One didn’t have the dark rain drops on the petals (on the right) […]
Worf Tree
When I was a kid I was never thrilled when my parents dragged me along to a garden (or greenhouse or craft store)… but age has it’s revenge. Now I love going and of course drag my own youngest against his will. This tree (bush?) is at the Olbrich Botanical Garden in Madison, Wisconsin. I […]
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Stoned
I was excited to find out Toledo had a Botanical Garden, though to be honest I’d been spoiled for it having been to the one in Madison, Wisconsin with my folks. Toledo’s doesn’t have nearly as much in it, though there’s a nice river and bridge and some neat statues. I’m not sure what it […]
Faery Crown
One of the places my dad liked to go with his camera was Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wisconsin. Gardening was one of his obsessions, and Olbrich has a very large sprawling collection of growing things to take interest in. On my last trip to visit my mom, we spent a few hours on a busy […]