It was the perfect day to get outside and roam around Longwood Gardens with a friend. There weren't many flowers blooming outside yet, but the structures and topiaries and dry fountains are splendid regardless of the time of year. This weekend they had an orchid show. Orchids are odd creatures. The flowers come in a spectacular array of shapes and colors. Mostly, I think they look like they come from another planet. I wrote an article on orchids a few years ago. Click on the "You Can Grow Orchids" page to read it. Very informative if I do say so myself. :-)
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| These baby pink tulips look so soft blooming together, I'd like to use them as a pillow. |
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| I love unique plants like this huge fern. The new leaves unfurl from the inside. |
My hibernating heart was leaping with joy at the cacophony of colors in the huge conservatory, but the best part was the indoor fountain area. The photos I took didn't do it justice – next time I'll leave the camera behind and play in the water with the kids. One round fountain had water randomly shooting up and plopping back down, another was a painting that if you looked at it long enough you'd see an arch of water shoot out from either side, and my favorite had thin streams of water falling into a trough. It looked like a bead curtain made of water. I refrained from sticking my hand through the watery curtain.
