This tower provides a beautiful panorama of the gardens, but you have to climb for it.
And so she did. Way up at the tippy top you can see BH (Better Half) and Popo, her mother.
You can see where BH gets her sweet smile.
The garden at this time of year is lined with luminaries, in preparation for Luminations, a holiday celebration.
The flowers are gone now, the shrubs shedding their leaves,
the next season in progress, soaking up the sun.
The exhibit house is showing some of what is bigger in Texas, in this case, fancy birdhouses. Most of these had nests in them.
On this past weekend, artists were also selling their wares. They varied from these reimagined skulls,
to Kokopeli-like sculptures
But the natural things never fail to please, like these translucent prickly pear cacti, letting the sun show through.
Hello Jim, I've fallen a bit behind in blog reading and just caught up with some of your recent posts. Looks likes Ester's mom was having a good visit, except for that climb which would wear me out too. Wishing you and yours a wonderful holiday season - looks like you will have lots of family to share it with in Texas. We wil be home for the first time in 3 years and putting up our tree and decoratins this weekend - rain all day Sunday and colder next week. Are you permanently living in Texas now?
ReplyDeleteWe're here for the nonce. I think we'll be back up to the Eastern Shore sometime later in the spring, though.
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