Monday we headed to Dallas to take the kids to the State Fair. After spending an hour and a half in traffic and not finding a parking place within 10 blocks of Fair Park, we decided not to go to the fair. So I took Lynne to the Dallas Arboretum instead.
The boys weren't that thrilled about it but they'll get over it. We even toured the house. The picture below is the courtyard outside the master bedroom and bath.
This was everyone's favorite room, the library. The guide called it their "wow" room because that's what everyone says when they walk in.
There is so much to photograph it's hard to know where to point the camera. There were pretty flowers and alot of colorful foliage.
Jesse really liked the plant below. I asked him to read the tag to see what it was. He said it was gigantus something.
There were pumpkins floating in one of the fountains. Jess tried to push them all back into the middle of the pond. And you shouldn't pick up pumpkins and throw them into the water because they might hit the bottom and break. Or so I've heard.
There were many interesting water features at the garden. We ran into a lady here with a camera that made mine look like it came out of a cereal box. The lens was about 2 feet long.
Andy had to pose for his fans.
The boys weren't that thrilled about it but they'll get over it. We even toured the house. The picture below is the courtyard outside the master bedroom and bath.
This was everyone's favorite room, the library. The guide called it their "wow" room because that's what everyone says when they walk in.
There is so much to photograph it's hard to know where to point the camera. There were pretty flowers and alot of colorful foliage.
Jesse really liked the plant below. I asked him to read the tag to see what it was. He said it was gigantus something.
There were pumpkins floating in one of the fountains. Jess tried to push them all back into the middle of the pond. And you shouldn't pick up pumpkins and throw them into the water because they might hit the bottom and break. Or so I've heard.
There were many interesting water features at the garden. We ran into a lady here with a camera that made mine look like it came out of a cereal box. The lens was about 2 feet long.
Andy had to pose for his fans.
There is a Texas area set up for educational tours with different types of structures. Below is the sod house they built.
They even had Agave there Uncle Alan!
I just wondered how many man hours it takes to keep this place looking so good. I have enough trouble keeping the yard mowed. As for the State Fair? I think I'll pull the kids out of school and go on a Thursday.
3 comments:
Thursday is senior citizen day. Watch out for all those power chairs and canes!
The kids were really hoping we'd go on Monday. I'm so glad we didn't!! Although, the Arboretum would have been nice. You should have called!
Wow... that place is pretty all the time!
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