Botanical Gardens in Winter--posted by katie

Yes, it was about as crazy as it sounds. But the inside was nice :) All the ladies of our family went along with Uncle Mike. Much fun was had by all...

The very first picture I took.
I took tons of flower pictures (Ali, I know you're in heaven) so bear with me!




Trishie and Ellie
I'm not sure what this is (Ellie took this).

Tulips are simply gorgeous...
I didn't like this flower, but Mary insisted we take a picture of it.







Mike and Mary.






Ellie, Mom, and Mary.

We were all enthralled with this huge indoor tree--until we found out it was FAKE! Yep, they put a fake tree and then glued all these live plants onto it. Anyway, this picture was taken before we found out the horrible truth.

The gift shop was the highlight, as you can maybe tell. There were so many fun hats! From left to right: Mary, Katie (me), Patricia, Mike, Elizabeth.
The ladies.
The vases (Mary took this).
More hats!
These next couple are the outside pictures. Let me just say that it was dreary and very un-botanical garden-like. Never again will I go outside in a botanical garden during the winter months of Colorado.
However, this picture made the outside experience worth it. Seriously, when I was editing this picture I actually flipped it the other way and thought it was right-side up; until I noticed that the TOP was a little blurry. Anyway, I LOVE this picture...

There was another picture of a really cool sidewalk made totally out of the same kind of rock but I accidentally deleted it :( So just imagine it in your mind... It was swirls of rock--very neat.

God bless!