Monthly Archives: June 2016

Water lilies 1,2,3

What is it about lilies and lily ponds that makes you want to just sit quietly and gaze upon them?  Well, at least that’s the effect they have on me anyway.  Here are three tightly cropped photos of them taken … Continue reading

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The little photo bomber in the lily gardens

 

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I ♥ Lilies

Get it?

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Unopened water lilies – A Study in Light and Shadows

There were plenty of ponds with lilies in them at the gardens; different colors and at different stages of their life cycles.

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A Barn for Sunday

Slipping in a barn that I photographed from the moving car going down the highway when we returned from our trip to the private gardens.  I don’t think it’s too terribly abandoned but it has a wonderful rusty patina about … Continue reading

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The House

Past all of the previously shown gardens is the focal point of the property, this Frank Lloyd Wright inspired home.  I didn’t get the full width of the home in this shot but just one end of it as I … Continue reading

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The Chinese Cup Gardens

After leaving the streams we came upon this section of the gardens.  It is called the cup gardens because two cup shaped gardens are carved out of the hillside featuring large boulders and of course the myriad of trees and … Continue reading

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Back in the Stream Garden

This was one of the most tranquil spots in the gardens.  All you heard was the water running downhill over large rocks and you were surrounded by trees that formed a canopy over the stream.  I took this one shot … Continue reading

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Fast and Slow in the Stream Garden

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Teahouse Selfie in Front – Rhododendrons in Back

A selfie, the view from behind the teahouse and a busy rhododendron hopping bee.    

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