Ward and I recently took a trip to Alaska. We flew into Anchorage (via a stop in Seattle) and used our friends' house as our home base. I am chronicling our trip here.
Our train trip to Seward yesterday made for a long, tiring day. Because of that, we chose to have an easy day today and visit the Alaska Botanical Gardens. If we can, we try to work in a visit to gardens wherever we go. Here are a few pictures from our visit.
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| Columbine |
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| Ursa botanicus. Alaskan bear decorated with what they eat. |
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| I think this is saxifraga. |
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| Himalayan Blue Poppies |
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| Rock sculpture |
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| Lamium. We have this in our yard, but it blooms yellow. |
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| Magpie sculpture. From the artists: "The imaginative pair of magpies represents Alaska's dramatic shift of light and darkness throughout the changing seasons." |
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| Lady's Slippers |
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| Those are real flowers planted on the VW wagon. I guess that's real Flower Power. 😁 |
We had sandwiches for lunch at The Great Harvest Bakery and took home a loaf of cherry white chocolate bread that we had sampled. There's nothing that beats the taste of good bread, and that's what we had here.
B fixed shrimp salad for dinner, and we enjoyed talking while looking out their windows, which offered views of the mountains.
Come back tomorrow when things are going to get cold.
Until next time...
I'm catching up on your posts again. The mountain pictures are so stunning that they almost don't look real. The train ride sounds like a great way to take in the scenery, and you can't go wrong with more biscuits and gravy. :)
ReplyDeleteI like the mixture of flowers and sculptures in this post. Those blue poppies!
I had never seen poppies that color before and was quite taken with them. Just about every direction you turn, there is gorgeous scenery.
DeleteWhat a gorgeous place to visit. The blue poppies are beautiful and I had never heard of them, much less seen them.
ReplyDeleteIt was a beautiful place, and now that I'm back in the stifling weather, I really miss it. :)
DeleteWhat a lovely place to take a walk in nature! Your photos are beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing, and warm greetings from Montreal, Canada.
ReplyDeleteWe like to visit botanical or other gardens when we travel if we can. Not only are they beautiful, they give a good look at local plants.
DeleteI really enjoyed this visit to the botanical gardens with you. The painted bear and the VW van planted with flowers made me smile. :)
ReplyDeleteThe van gave a whole new meaning to flower power. Who ever thought it up was clever.
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