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Friday, May 24, 2013

An Afternoon Walk through Dow Gardens

 The Rose Gardens: Nothing is in bloom yet, but there with be "fountains of roses" this summer.
 A couple daffodil fields are still very much alive.
There is nothing so fine to set roses in than in an iron trellis.

 "Then He said, 'What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and put in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches'" (Luke 13:18-19).
 The Rhododendrons are all in bloom.






 A spout of water in the distance.
 There are some new things growing out of the Herb Garden.


 "Edible Flowers," hmm, not much to eat, I think.
 This is my favorite garden decoration ever.

 "TEMPUS FUGIT," rendered from the Latin, the clock reads, "Time flees." Indeed it does! The clock seemed to be a full hour behind the time.

More Rhododendrons


 I have just discovered a nook of these Gardens I don't remember, with a little pond and spillway.

 Some detail of the spillway






Something is blooming near the H. H. Dow house

 Literally, towers of Rhododendrons grow up among these pines.
 Showers and showers of Rhododendrons

 A placid artist is at work rendering the stream's course
 Another wooden portal with a dogwood behind.
 A spout of water from a well of light.

 Up and up grows the dogwood



 Bells of Honeysuckle?


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