morning at the botanical gardens

last saturday i actually did NOT have to work. crazy! what do "regular" people do on saturdays?
i was at a loss, but luckily, my friend natalie suggested a morning at the botanical gardens. and to top it off, it's free before noon for city residences!

here are a few pics from our mini adventure.......

first of all, these lily pads were HUGE and then they had these beautiful blown glass ornament-looking things floating in the water. what a beautiful scene.










one of the areas had all different types of food plants. first...i guess i have never really thought about where peanuts actually come from and i was amazed that it look just like regular greenery! and i thought this little pepper plant was just so cute.










this flower was really cool. it's petals were little tubes!










a quick pic of me at the gardens. there was a really cool bridge in the background (though it looks kind of tiny in the photo!).