We enjoyed wandering around the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum with bonsai from China, Japan and North America. There was a lovely magenta bouganvillea bonsai I loved, the beautiful round arch of the Chinese pavillion surrounded by wisteria and an orchid bonsai. I still remember a collection of azalea bonsai from many years ago that was probably on loan.
I wanted to see the tulips at Sherwood Gardens in Baltimore, but the trip was just a little too far away and I couldn't find any nearby restrooms, so we settled on the U.S. National Arboretum instead, since it was a shorter trip.
Does anyone know of any tulip fields in St. Mary's County? They had a few tulips at the Arboretum, but not 6 acres worth and most of them were behind a fence.
They did have quite a variety of beautiful flowers blooming, so I was satisfied. In the past, we usually visited in May to see the azaleas. Most of the azaleas weren't blooming yet and that was fine.
I will probably turn this into several posts, because there were too many pretty ones.
We smelled and saw some lovely wisteria too. The carpenter bees were certainly enjoying it.
I wandered around St Mary's County a little to find some pretty Spring flowers. Most of them were pink. Can I help it if it's my favorite color!
We took a pleasant ride around the south county to look for flowers. There were some pretty purple farm fields I haven't photographed before. We stopped at both St. Mary's Chapel and St. Cecilia Catholic Church.
On Saturday, I saw 23 swans in a group out on the creek. I have never seen that many visiting before here. It is usually 5 or 6 every few years. They were pretty far away, so the pictures were not easy even with about the equivalent of an 800 mm lens. I have a 600 mm lens and added a 1.4 extender. So these are more of a record shot to record the event, since they were also heavily cropped.
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