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Let's get out of the house.
Last weekend, the rain stayed to the south, and the frost stayed to the north, so we had great weather. We spent Saturday doing outdoor spring chores, so we relaxed on Sunday and went out for our annual (or every five years or so) visit to the Brighton Dam Azalea Gardens. The five acres of gardens feature more than 22,000 azaleas planted in a hardwood forest. Overall, the garden was past its blooming peak, but we still saw many flowers. Once again we didn't have to worry too much about avoiding other people. We only saw four other people on the trails and it was easy to avoid them during our amble through the gardens. Here are a few photos from our outing.
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| Maintenance dock for the dam |
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| If you ventured from the paths, there was poison ivy waiting for you. |
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| Where there's water, there are usually some geese nearby. |
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| And no visit to a dam is complete without studying its construction. At least with Ward, anyway. |
Until next time...
Beautiful photos as usual. The poison ivy one did make me itch a little!
ReplyDeleteThe poison ivy is just really coming out around here, so it has that light green color. The paths were good, but as I said, off the trails, I saw a lot of it. I am hypervigilant looking for it.
DeleteThe azaleas are beautiful and the gardens would have been stunning with all the flowers in full bloom! Loved that photo of the goose coming out of the water! Well, yes, if you go to visit a dam, then, its construction should be studied closely! :D I'm glad you were able to go out and enjoy visiting the dam and gardens. Hope you stayed well within the paths and out of reach of the poison ivy!
ReplyDeleteWe have been there at the peak and it is stunning. Even without blooms, it's a pleasant place with rolling hills, wide paths, and a water view.
DeleteWhat a lovely outing. Beautiful photos. I've never seen poison ivy but a dog walker I know says she ended up in urgent care with poison ivy last week and I didn't even know we had it around here. I had assumed she got nailed by the many stinging nettles in the park where I often walk, or poison oak. Nice to see a photo of what poison ivy looks like.
ReplyDeleteThe looks of poison ivy can vary some, but the three leaf pattern is distinctive. You must not be allergic to it because I'm sure you must have encountered some in all of your trapping.
DeleteYou take such beautiful pictures.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Akasha. It's hard to get a bad picture of a beautiful flower.
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