Garden inspirations

I went to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens two weekends ago. It was inspired by my visit to the Huntington Gardens in California (that will be another post, sorry I'm working backwards!) Here are some images that I wanted to share.


I love this texture!


These look like fluttering butterflies.


The color on this baby was so intense.


Airplant


Papyrus


Dessert room


I had no idea this is what vanilla beans looked like.


Succulant that looks like dragon scales.


Burro's tale (I really really want some of this stuff).


And of course I arrived starving and had somegazpacho with a mozarella sandwich.


After all the walking around, I worked up another appetite and downed this farmer's market olive and fennel focaccia bread. (From the Saturday farmer's market at Grand Army Plaza.)

In Bloom

It's been about a month since I've been in Pond Eddy. It was nice to arrive and see what has bloomed since. The hydrangeas by the back porch are just wild. The bee balm is super happy and the hummingbirds and bees are happy that we planted it. Tiger lilies are doing well too, they are growing wild across the street and all along Rt. 97.

The blueberries are super fat and the tomatoes full of flavor. It's so nice to be able to get food from right outside the kitchen door.