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Well, I HAD to take this guy's photo. He had a Canadian flag on his shirt! |
Two Muslim boys take in the show. |
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I forget what was growing here, but I think it was the wrong season for it to be blooming. |
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A pleasant way to spend a Saturday afternoon. | There are a few"palm avenues" at the Gardens. One is called "Cabbage Palm avenue" and another is called Palmyra Palm Avenue", and no, I don't recall which this is, nor am I up on my palm tree specimens! |
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Gordon and the ginormous bamboo. |
Cook's Pine Avenue. I read somewhere on the web that the trees are curved due to termites nibbling the roots, but I can't say for certain that that is true! | A very large fruit bat. There are more in the trees, but it was overcast at the time and I was having difficulty photographing them. It would probably help if I read the instruction book for our Nikon and learned to use all the settings properly! |
A rather incongruous site! We thought it belonged to some sort of cow, but if any skeletonologists out there can enlighten us, feel free. | The Giant Java Willow tree, which covers an area of over 2,000 square metres. A lot of the branches are propped up with poles. This tree is over 100 years old. |
Orchids in the Orchid House. | One of the workers in the Orchid House saw my interest in the flowers and led me around to all the highly-scented ones (of which there weren't many), inviting me to sniff. Some of them had the most amazing scents! I figured he was doing this in hopes of getting a small tip from me, but no, he walked away when we were done. He was just kindly sharing his secrets. So many orchids have no smell; the ones that do are incredible. |
All photos and text copyright Natalie Rowe 2008 - Stealing brings bad karma. Don't make me set my lawyer-husband upon you! |