A couple of weeks ago, Mama took a drive over to the Albuquerque Botanical Gardens.
She hadn't seen it during the Summer months and wanted to get some pictures....Unfortunately, I had to stay home. Then again, it was pretty warm that day. Needless to say, I was happy to stay home in the air conditioning!
Everything was nice and green!
The pond was dotted with water lilies!
The Brown Eyed Susan's were blooming
The sunflowers were standing tall too!
Another reason Mama wanted to go see the Gardens in the Summer was the Butterfly House is open!
She thinks it must be the end of the season though, because there weren't a lot of Buttie Pillars flying around.
Here is a Swallowtail(Mama thinks it's a black and blue)
This is a Julia Heliconian Butterfly. Mama was amazed by its beautiful orange color!
Finally, here is a Fritillary Butterfly. Its wings almost look like stained glass, don't they?
Thanks for joining us for a Summer peek at the
ABQ Botanical Garden!
Here's to a weekend filled with Nature fun!
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us your nature! It can be flowers, your current weather, a scene out of your window, or maybe a
picture from a vacation, walk or other journey! Any kind of nature picture will do! If you don't see the link below, click HERE to go to our Hoppity Page.
Wow Rosy, Friday sure did roll around fast this week!
It sure did Sunny, mostly because Mama and Daddy have been running around throwing things in boxes!
That's right, I almost forgot...it's almost moving week! Wahoo!!
Next week, while we are moving, we have prerecorded blogs ready to go. We aren't sure how much time we will have to visit everyone...
You've got that right Rosy, we'll be exploring our new backyard, barking at our new neighbors...
Well, we'll also be chasing bunn.....I mean unpacking all our clothes and toys too!!
But don't worry, we'll be back in time for next week's Nature Friday and we have some pretty cool stuff pre-recorded for next week too!
Anyway...we digress, let's get to this week's Nature Friday from the Albuquerque Botanic Garden!! Unfortunately, dogs aren't allowed in the park. Even with that horrible rule in place, Mama was pretty impressed on how big the park was compared to the Humboldt Botanical Gardens. Mama didn't have time to visit the whole park in the time she was there but she did see some pretty Spring flowers!!
There is a big castle as soon as you walk in the park! This park is VERY child friendly and a lot of their exhibits are geared towards children.
There were daffodils everywhere
All different kinds too. Here are some with orange rimmed trumpets!
So how big do you think the bunnies in our new backyard get, Rosy?
I don't know Sunn.....
What??
OH, sorry Mama, we'll get back to describing YOUR walkie....
There was an atrium which had some fun tropical flowers like this Bromiliad,
a Bottle brush plant/flower,
and this Clivia Miniata! Aren't the orange and yellow flowers
pretty?
They even had Calla Lilies, just like back in California!
When she was heading back to the car (to get home in time for afternoon cookies) she came across this pretty hybrid tulip the "Tulipa Ancilla"
(thank goodness for Google picture search)
The least thing Mama saw as she headed out of the park was this beautiful Red Breasted Robin! A sure sign that Spring is here!!
Mama made a video of her visit to the park if you like that kind of thing(videos without dogs!).
Plus she has a park membership, so I'm sure we'll be seeing more of the park through the seasons.
We're wishing everyone a pawsome weekend filled with flowers!!!
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us your nature! It can be flowers, your current weather, a scene out of your window, or maybe a
picture from a vacation, walk or other journey! Any kind of nature picture will do! If you don't see a link below, click HERE to go to our Hoppity Page.
