When I hike, I’m always seeing faces in trees and stumps. I saw this right away. (yes, I added the eyes but the sockets were already there!)
The woods are watching…
Category: Foliage
I’m just a bleeding heart…
The Whitney Gardens had a greenhouse full of beautiful blooming bleeding heart plants. The only trouble was trying to isolate a branch. So I did remove a lot of competing plants and add a texture to the background in photoshop to make this beautiful flower stand out.
Royal Botanic Garden of Sydney
The gardens comprise 30 hectares adjacent to Sydney Harbour. They are open and free and exquisitely maintained. This was a green house with a wrap around living mosaic wall and so many types of orchids and succulents. (These were all taken with my pixel phone.)
Stop and sit awhile
These chairs at Olympic Bluffs lavender and Cidery looked very tempting with their spectacular view of the Olympics.
Street fair at lavender festival
Lots of venders–many art and jewelry tents, food, and of course LAVENDER!
Victor’s Lavender
Victor’s always has a fun upbeat barn dance each year on Friday and Saturday of the festival.
Please know that you can visit the farm outside of the festival (The week just before and after have lot of lavender and less crowds
The Washington house (replica)
This is a replica of the house George Washington owned. It is a B&B right on the straight with a neighboring lavender farm in front! P.S. it has GREAT VIEWS.