Sunday, April 6, 2014

Spring in bloom

We've had such a mild winter that everything seems to be blooming at once here.  So Stefaan and I decided to walk down to the city botanical garden to see for ourselves what was in bloom, which is a nice walk, 6 km round trip.  Here are some pics:
The fountain at the entrance will need some serious de-mossing!


The shape of this tree reminds me of a lung, and when you think about it, that's what trees are.

The camelias were at their peak.


Getting the pelargoniums started in one of the greenhouses.

Grumpypants
There were a lot of people out and about.  We usually take our Sunday walks out more in the direction of the countryside, so it was a fun change of pace to go into town.  The advantage to walking in town is that you can stop and have a coffee (or a beer) on your way home ;-)

8 comments:

ajh said...

Did you have a coffee or a beer? If you're walking all is okay either way!
Beautiful pictures.

Giorgio said...

Beautiful pictures of the botanical garden. It's great to walk through that "green" area of the town. When I go to Naples I'll go for a walf through the local botanical garden. There is an old botanical garden in Naples http://www.naplesgarden.org/about_the_garden.shtml

Char said...

Your Botanical Gardens are beautiful. The bursts of colour, the trees coming back to life and even the moss.

Unknown said...

lovely photos. thanks for sharing

Karen said...

Love your spring photos. Also love stopping for coffee. :)

Johann said...

Really beautiful! We had record rain in March so everything is still a lot more green than usual for April. I thought about you yesterday while I watched the Tour of Flanders. What a great race it was!

Fran said...

Lovely photo's Amy! I prefer the country side too, much more quiet but less possibilities for coffee breaks though :)

I hope there will be something blooming once Summer gets here. It all has started really early this year.

Liz said...

Great photos. So lovely to see Spring arrive!