England 2018, Day 1 – Oxford
Our bank holiday day trip. In which I am totally distracted by medieval stonework.
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England 2018
I’m back from a week in England. We put this trip together in about a month’s time. Our friend K was supposed to come over here, and just couldn’t make it work. BF had already taken the time off (and I knew I could), so we decided to go to her instead.
Lake George, NY
A little light on the pictures, because we were there for a family reunion (BF’s family), but last weekend, we were in Lake George, on an overcast day that turned out to be exactly what we needed.
Jardin Botanique Montreal – Indoor Gardens
The botanic garden also has a fantastic conservatory, which just kept going, and going, and going. There was an orchid room, and a fern room, and a begonia room, and a Spanish hacienda garden, and a bonsai room. And more. I really enjoyed our visit there, and absolutely must go back, because
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Jardin Botanique Montreal – Outdoor Gardens
On Saturday (6/17), we headed out to the botanical garden, which was an easy subway ride from our hotel. The place is huge – there’s also an insectarium and a biodome you can visit – I don’t know how people do it. We managed maybe a quarter of the outside gardens, and
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Governor’s Garden at the Chateau Ramezay – Montreal, QC
This garden was a really cool find – it’s attached to the Chateau Ramezay Museum and Historic site, but had free access. It’s set up with sections reminiscent of an earlier 18th century garden in New France. There’s a potager, an orchard and ornamental sections. I was so excited to see this – it’s
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Old Montreal and Cirque du Soleil
Here’s where the vacation became international – on Friday morning, we headed up to Montreal. (It’s an easy two hour drive from Burlington. What ended up not being easy was finding our hotel, since they’re rebuilding the main bridge over the St. Lawrence, and the road closures are epic, and random.) We stayed
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Descanso Gardens – La Canada Flintridge, CA
The other garden we visited was Descanso, which is more of a local garden. Not as large as Huntington, but certainly beloved – the line to get in was crazy! I was able to use my Coastal Maine Botanical Garden reciprocal membership here – first use of that for the year, even ahead
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Huntington Botanical Gardens – San Marino, CA
‘ve been to the Huntington once before, the first time I ever visited my sister, back in the misty depths of time before I owned a digital camera (hard to believe there was a time when that was the case). It’s one of those places you can visit many, many times because it’s so
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California
I got back on Tuesday from a whirlwind trip to California. I had originally been scheduled to fly out the Tuesday before, but Mother Nature chose to grace us with sixteen inches of snow that day. Fortunately, I’d seen the writing on the wall that weekend, and moved my flight out to Thursday.