Annmarie Gardens

We recently visited Annmarie Gardens in Dowell, MD (near Solomon's Island) to photograph the azaleas.  

      Possibly iris

      Entrance

There were quite a few fairy and gnome homes scattered around the gardens.

I photographed a few to share, but I rarely post other people's art unless I am adding something unique to the artwork.

     

      Made of green plastic bottles

      Beach view lighthouse

     Gnome with poison ivy (yipes) tucked into the trunk of a tree!  

     Chalk walk

     Interesting artistic fence

Later, we dropped off my 2 photos for the SWARM:  Invasion of the Insects Exhibit (May 20th-Aug 28th).

SWARM Art Exhibit Reception May 20th

You are invited!  Please come to the opening reception for SWARM: Invasion of the Insects at Annmarie Gardens in Dowell MD Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center (13480 Dowell Road) near Solomon's.  I will be celebrating two of my butterfly photographs accepted into this juried art exhibition.  The reception will be held Friday, May 20th 6-9 pm.  ($5 for non-members).  You will learn the winning art works.  I've seen thumbnails of all of the art works, but don't know who are the winning artists.  If you miss the reception, the art will be on display until August 28th.

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to everyone who is a mother or has a mother!

Spring flowers at Longwood

We saw some lovely flowers 2 weeks ago.  I loved the little curves of the tops of the foxglove.

      Foxglove

      Foxglove closeup

    Backlit Tulips were pretty.

     I liked the textures in this Tulip photo

     Warm color flowers orange and red

      This White tulip was a work of art!

      Pink Daffodil

     Arch

     White on white daffodil

     I have never seen a hanging Rose-Grape.  Interesting!

     Evening light

     

Chanticleer's Lovely Gardens

We visited Chanticleer in Wayne, PA.  The gardens were lovely this time of year.  We were visiting a very ill relative, so seeing some flower gardens was a good distraction.

     I love curves.  The garden goes to the   Minder ruin.  

     Minder Ruin reflection

     Grape Hyacinth attached to a conveyor

     Mowing curves

     Yellow Tulips

     Daffodil

Roberta, the Lamb

I visited the farm of Frank and Christina Allen to photograph their young lamb and practice my photography.  Roberta had a quick bottle of milk and I enjoyed visiting all the other animals too.  I learned a bit about animal behavior, about animal behavior books by Temple Grandin, Christina Allen and Charles Long's children's book "A Farmer's Alphabet" and stayed long enough to make some of the sheep comfortable with a little photography.  I watched the chickens socialize and the amorous turkeys.  The day's visit ended with some lovely light in the barns and some pretty backlit tulips.