Our city had a garden walk yesterday, with rain included in the ticket price, and the starting point was the local history museum and garden.
Image my surprise when I found cats!
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| A sleeping cat stuffy, in the front parlor at The Crocker House Museum |
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| This shy kitty was watching the garden lovers. Cool mat! |
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| Sly's humans opened their lovely yard to sightseers; I was greeted with, "Hiya, Sly's Girlfriend!" Himself did not deign to appear; this image is from last week. |
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| Saxifrage, according to my iPhone; the homeowner didn't know the name. |
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| Some sort of succulent, on the edge of a delightful swimming pool. |
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| Magnolia |
What a delight chatting with the docents and homeowners, despite the wet.
Met:
-A retired cat veterinarian (!)
-A professional gardener
-A Michigan-loving UK transplant
Convos about:
Hummingbirds
Koi
The library and a few book titles (!)
Architecture
Plants: bamboo, strawberries, milkweed, lavender, sedum
Garden decorations: Japanese dog sculpture, ponds and waterfalls, mosaic, wrought-iron chairs/railing/fencing, and the desire to use found/recycled objects.
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Hiya is beautiful. As are all tose plants. And my, what a wonderful walk you all had, too. Makes the day extra special when filled with discovery and shared delights.
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Hiya is beautiful. As are all tose plants. And my, what a wonderful walk you all had, too. Makes the day extra special when filled with discovery and shared delights.
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What a great surprise to find cats! One day our mom was wondering around downtown Manhattan and came across an Italian heritage museum that had a cat!
ReplyDeleteWe love going on graden tours, and it looks like that one was wonderful! We love that you saw cats! And that succulent by the pool is wild!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful event to be part of ~ seems to have had a little bit of everything!
ReplyDeleteLOVING this! How wonderful I too would have come out for this!! Magnolia? Do you know what sort?
ReplyDeleteWhat a simply BEAUTIFUL garden walk!
ReplyDeleteSuch cute kitties.
ReplyDeleteSounds like the purrfect walk and tour!
ReplyDeleteA house with cats is a house worth seeing :)
Purrs Julie
Cats frequent the coolest places
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun walk...even if it was raining. And of course you would find cats. :)
ReplyDeleteI love that sweet, shy cat peering out the screen door! Sounds like a great walking tour :)
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a lot of fun, even with the rain.
ReplyDeleteEnlarging the picture of the cat looking out the door makes me think she's wearing a light-blue sweater...
ReplyDeleteNo conversations about cats? That seems impossible. It does sound as if you had an interesting and eventful walk. Mom and Dad haven't done any garden tours in ages. XOCK, angel Lily Olivia, angel Mauricio, Misty May, angel Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy, Sawyer, Kizmet, Audrey & Raleigh
ReplyDeleteOur town had a garden walk, too...but alas Iwas at my work... beautiful pictures of your tour!
ReplyDeleteNice!
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