Fall Flowers

One does not immediately think..Ah, November, what a great time to photograph flowers and yet there were some beautiful shots to be had.

The hold out. in a sea of dead flowers and leaves this one, lone flower hangs on to it's color

Pathways

whimsical creations

Someone at the gardens has a great sense of whimsy. No ordinary scarecrow for the people at this garden, I just loved this fashionable stickcrow.



At the top of a hill, overlooking a beautiful pond was this house with a mother and daughter enjoying the view.

There was even a potted plant by the window inside the house

G Rated Zebra Pictures

When I went on safari in 2001 I got my share of pictures of zebras. On occasion I would capture one that showed the zebra was all male. (I believe my friend Barbara DeJ will remember this along with my photo of a self pleasing chimp) As we went to take photos here once again I was facing a very well endowed zebra, what's a modest women to do? Get head shots LOL

Camel love

The camels were very friendly. I was a little anxious about getting too close to them, remembering my camel Max at the pyramids of Egypt- He was a spitter. But these camels had no expectoration issues.

I even let them get close

Alyse had fun getting some close ups

Garden Gates

In one area of the gardens there were a few beautiful iron gates.


This gate led to an aviary

I loved this peacock gate. It also led towards the aviary from another direction.

Out Buildings

Even the out buildings at the gardens are beautiful. The Hay silo was a stone building with windows.



The Green house was also attached to a beautiful stone building

A Crested Crane Wannabe

The Real Thing

I saw some Crested Cranes when I was in Africa in 2001 but was not as close to them as I was to this guy. He was quite the dancer and jumped around quite a bit, I was not sure that I would get a good shot of him. I love my digital camera where I can change the ilm speed to adapt to the situation

The Towers

I think this is an albino Wallaby- Sort of looked like a big rat to me, especially if you saw it's tail

I am not too sure what type of deer this is. I have been searching to no avail

Heading out at dusk- what a beautiful place. I just cannot imagine what it would be like to live somwhere like this.