Atlanta Botanical Gardens

Back in time again, to our April trip to the South. After spending a day seeing many of the downtown Atlanta attractions, we spent the next morning exploring the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. I've put up some pictures in this web album, but here are a few.

Even in April, D was looking forward to the baby coming, and took this picture (and many others of the same ladybug) as a potential decoration for the nursery. In the end, the picture wasn't at a high enough resolution to blow it up so large, but you can see from my nursery post that the ladybug motif stuck.

The tulips were in full bloom when we arrived. This was one of several planters with various colors....yellow, blue, orange, and red. The others may have been prettier, but this orange was the most interesting.

Those who know me well will attest to the fact that I take a lot of pictures. Two of my most common subjects (when not traveling) are zoo/aquarium animals and flowers. Of the flowers I shoot, orchids are probably the most common, since we always seem to end up in places with a wide variety. I'm sure I have over a thousand pictures of orchids, though for some reason I've never done the research to identify the various types. This one is pretty common, but never fails to impress.

I see these purple orchids less frequently, but they're still pretty standard. See the web album for more.