Royal Botanical Gardens, Part I

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We had other possible plans for the day, but as it was pouring rain, we made an impromptu visit to the Mediterranean greenhouse at Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington. It's a nice place to visit in February or March when the permanent exhibit is in bloom, augmented by thousands of flowering bulbs.

Normally it isn't a terribly busy place, but today an orchid show was going on. Hundreds of people swarmed through the RBG Centre. We had to park far from the building and walk through drizzle. To get to the greenhouse we had to pass through the show. I would have liked to take a closer look at the orchids, but was not prepared to pay the $18 combined admission for the privilege of shopping for an expensive plant. So we had to be escorted through by a member of the Orchid Society. They were not too strict, however, to drop us off at the gift shop on the way out.

More pics will follow; of my daughters and the main attraction: flowers. But it was also an interesting day for people watching. Here are a couple shots I liked.



P.S. Brenna, looking over my shoulder, says she wonders why I take pictures of things sometimes. I guess she hasn't experienced enough of life to see just how beautiful these two women are. She doesn't see the stories in their faces.