US Botanical Gardens

During our Christmas break we headed to the Botanical Gardens in Washington DC.  They have a nice

 display of poinsettias and some of 

DC buildings created with natural materials. 

 I love the contrast of the greens and reds 

throughout the gardens.

I think Abe's head is an acorn!

 We walked around and looked all the

 different colors of poinsettias. The green houses were full of all sorts of tropical plants.

Bird of Paradise 

Orchids

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you 

had a great Christmas.

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Mushrooms

While my hubby and I are walking the trails, I am always looking out for interesting things to shoot.  Today it was mushrooms.

Normally I would have just walked on

 by a mushroom growing on the forest floor. 

 But these tiny gems were so bright they caught my eye. 

So then I thought why not see how many

different ones I can find on our walk.

A bit blurry, but I like how it shows the long stem.

 I didn't realize they came in so many different colors!

 I found a WIKI page on mushrooms.  I think this would make a great science project for the kiddos!

Take your camera out on a hike and see what you can find! 

 Happy shooting!

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Secret Garden

 

 Let me set the scene..... My freind Jule took me out to breakfast at the Tin Pan Galley in Sackets Harbor, NY.  It is the cutest little harbor town, on Lake Ontario. 
Besides serving this delicious stuffed french toast, they have a little secret!

Behind this apple tree is the entrance to their garden. The resturant grows all their own herbs, fruits, veggies and flowers in the "backyard".

 This is an apple tree they have trained to grow on a metal framing.  It is so cool.  It was hard to photograph, but you get the idea.

This is the back side of the tree.

 When you walk through the arch you are hit by all the fragrant herbs and flowers.

I love daisies!

Cute garden shed and yes, I took a picture of that bum on purpose.

 So after the checking out that garden we walked down the street to some shops.  But you know me, I get side tracked by FLOWERS.  Look at this pretty front yard garden.  They built a little fairy garden arch.  So many pretty flowers!

There were so many gardens to look at,

I could have shot for hours. 

Thanks for stopping by my little bolg. 

 Have a blessed day!

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Word Art Wednesday

This weeks verse from Word Art Wednesday

is Psalm 9: 1-2.  It talks about praising the Lord for all the wonderful things He has done. His creation fills me with JOY.  I can't get enough of it.  Thank you Lord for creating such a wonderful world full of glorious details.  Take time to seek out God's glory in creation. 

Linking to Scripture Thursday and Word Art Wednesday

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Luna Moth

Here at our new house there are a tons of bugs.  This one welcomed us on the day we moved in. 

It is a Luna Moth. 

You can read about them HERE

The most interesting fact to me was that they only live to breed and die in a week.  So I guess we were pretty privileged to see this beautiful moth. 

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Did You Know????

While we were in Florida a few weeks ago, all of this Spanish Moss caught my eye.

I didn't know much about it.  So I looked it up on WIKI and learned this:  Spanish Moss is a flowering plant that grows upon larger trees, commonly the Southern Live Oak or Bald Cypress in the southeastern United States.

The plant consists of a slender stem bearing alternate thin, curved or curly, heavily scaled leaves 0.79–2.4 in long and  0.039 in broad, that grow vegetatively in chain-like fashion (pendant) to form hanging structures up to 240 in in length. The plant has no aerial roots and its flowers are tiny and inconspicuous. It propagates both by seed and vegetatively by fragments that blow on the wind and stick to tree limbs, or are carried by birds as nesting material.

Now I know where all my crafty moss comes from.  Very interesting stuff!

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Wordless Wednesday

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Palms

Watch out for falling coconuts!

One of my favorite shots this time

in Florida were the palm trees.

The Palms down south are like
the Oak tree of the north.

They are are everywhere. I like how they grow and bend! This was our view at one of our hotels.

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Sweet Gum

I'm tired of seeing bare trees and lifeless brown leaves

poking through the snow covered ground.

But as I went walking today the Lord

showed His beauty even in the dead of winter.

The Sweet Gum tree has unusual seed pod.

The intricacies caught my eye.
Winter's decoration!

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