We’ve come to the end of another week. This time, we spent the whole time at the botanical gardens, which has a lot of offer, even in the dead of winter! Let’s review… Monday, we met with a Lady in the Gazebo: Tuesday, we played among the trees with The Children: My partner, Jay, stopped […]
Monthly Archives: February 2015
As you know, no photo expedition is complete for me without finding one of my graphic shots. Shapes, lines, symmetry – I can’t resist it. And, yes, I found it at the botanical gardens. Of course I did. LOL The Children’s and Seedling gardens have some really great structural work that lends itself nicely to […]
This was one of my favorite shots I took at my recent outing to the botanical gardens. If you step off the paved pathways, sometimes, you find a special place to take in the beauty of life. I like to think that that bench there indicates that I wasn’t really breaking the rules by stepping […]
The Missouri Botanical Gardens, also called Shaw’s Garden by native St. Louisans, was gifted to our city by Henry Shaw, after being inspired by his travels to Europe and the great gardens and estates he saw there. He wanted to create such a garden for the residents of his adopted hometown. He also built his […]
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When visiting the Missouri Botanical Gardens, you never know what you’ll happen upon, walking among the buildings and the trees and the art. Take, for example, these little girls forever running through the forest… One of the things I love most about the Garden is that it promotes not only conservation of plants and trees, […]
If you ever get the chance to visit the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis, don’t pass it up. On Saturday mornings, for those who live in St. Louis and immediately surrounding counties, admission is free until 9am. The garden is open year round and there is never a bad time to visit. One a […]
It’s Sunday and time to take a peek back at what we did this week! Monday, we met up with an implacable Owl: Tuesday, we took a walk on a Frozen Path: Wordless Wednesday was spent with my partner, Jay: Thursday found us admiring a Covered Bridge: Friday, I practiced my Pet Portraiture: And, Saturday, […]