First Trip to Winterthur 2012

Yesterday we took our first trip to Winterthur for the 2012 year. There were lots of flowers all over the gardens and lots of shoots coming up. It was a great day to walk... especially since it was warm and today is so dreary and raining. I hope you enjoy the photos.

Crocuses

Jessica and the first of the Giant Snowdrops

Aconite

some kind of shoots... 

don't know what

but love the purple color

Daffodil leaves

 Day Lily leaves

Love the view

Chipmunks

there were 2 of them

 Adorable

lovely crocus just budding

Aconites and a Crocus

 a whole field of Adonis

 a close up of some moss

photo came out really cool

 no idea what these are

they were lovely though

they were on top of the wall behind the patio by the mansion

 this is the patio

the purple flowers were to the left of this photo

 my family

not sure what this is

maybe the entrance to the old ice house

this cool beetle landed on Christopher's shirt

he blew him off and he landed on the road

I chased him down to take a picture

and just as I was ready to snap the photo

he stopped crawling and "posed"

 These dried flowers from last year looked so cool

and lacy

especially in the close up further down

 "On a clear day,

stop and look around you..."

 The geese are just covering the pond

the sound of their honking was cool too.

 Love this gnarly tree

 

 The tree is full of woodpecker holes.

 heading out

 The light on the azaleas was so cool,

it made them look like they were covered with dew.

Can't wait to see the blooms.

Time to go home!

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