Spring in the Conservatory at Lewis Ginter

Inside  the conservatory is this charming little cottage, surrounded by tulips and other pretty spring flowers.

 

 

 

It even has a pretty stone chimey

close up of the little pond with two frogs sunning

taken inside cottage are fairy houses and twig frames of flowers and butterflies

 

I wish I could grow tulips like this

 

and daffodils

 

 

 

 

Happy Saturday

betsy

 

Rainy Sunday lunch and shopping

Sunday it was  rainy like it was the day before.  Steve and I took a drive to Lewis Ginter Gardens where we like to have lunch or early dinner some days when we can.  
Lunch was had  in the cafeteria , then a look in the garden shop.
 Steve had roasted red pepper crab bisque with shrimp salad,  tuna,  vegetable bean salad

marinated tomatoes with mozzarella

we sat next to the patio door so we could watch the rain fall.

A rabbit greeted us as we entered

this birdhouse was sitting in an urn

A rockin family

I am liking these bright colors

Such a pretty arrangement of painted eggs from Austria

I have never thought to clean an egg from the long side of it instead of the end

The lamb is pretty

engraved or stamped spoons for the garden

my mom has one of these she got out of a tree many moons ago

pretty decorated boxes
I wish I could have bought one of many things.  Love this garden decor so much here and it's always arranged nice.  

lovely hand painted bird houses