2009-10 Winter Tana Tour, Bellingrath Gardens, The Wrapup Post

Well, my dear readers, you can certainly tell by the number of posts I have had to publish on the Bellingrath Gardens that John, Donna, Man and I had a wonderul day.  It started out a bit rough,

• Man thought we had discount tickets, but a search of Tana and Big Butt failed to produce them. 
• The weather was supposed to be sunny and warm, it started out extremely foggy and just a little coolish. 
• We had intended to ride the Fort Morgan ferry to Dauphin Island and drive back in the evening via Mobile.  The ferry sign (30 minutes FROM the ferry, saves you from driving all the way down to Fort Morgan if there is no ferry service) stated it was CLOSED, so we reversed the trip driving plans. 
• I had the Baby HP tablet computer, wanted to use Streets & Trips and the GPS, so I grabbed her and tried to start her up with the button (vs the little remote I use most of the time).  Baby refused to start with the lid up.  Despite several tries, she was having none of it.  So, I say to Man, with that snide black humor tone of voice, wonder if she will boot up with her lid closed.  Guess what, she did.  Surprised us.

By now, Man and I and our sick humor had kicked in, that and the early hour.  So, we started a chant that lasted a good part of the day:  Tickets, no tickets.  Fog, no fog.  Ferry, no ferry.  Lid, no lid.  Giggles and more giggles.  Maybe I should say, giggles, no giggles.  Cept, we were laughing all the way.  Laughter is such a great way to start off the day, don't you think?

Now, to share with you some photos that did not appear in my other posts, I hope you enjoy them.

Above, isn't this enchanting?  Water, plants, stonework,

and if you look in the far lower right corner, a gold fish!

This un-identified little beauty, we believe is a bulb,

was in the gardens along the walk ways

that are replanted several times a year.

Man and I on the board walk in the Oriental-American garden.

Mirror Lake as viewed through the branches of a live oak.

Above,  a view of a greenhouse.  The structure through which we are viewing is a bridge (we believe it is used for maintenance vehicles?)  This has a lot of features I just love, stone, wraught iron, greenhouses, ivy growing up the columns, a bench. 

Fade out.

Above, Man and I at the end of our wonderful day, walking through a stand of Bamboo, tired, fulfilled, with so many wonderful photos and memories.  (Thanks to Donna for this photo.)  We may look like we are fading out, but the day will remain focused for some time.

Copyright 2010, CABS for Reflections From the Fence
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2009-10 Winter Tana Tour, Bellingrath Gardens, The Flowers

When one takes well over 300 photos of flowers, gardens, wrought iron, buildings, ponds, and more flowers, it is a bit hard to decide which are the best of the best photos. Donna and I had a GRAND time taking photos. We laughed and took more photos.  We walked 4 feet and took more photos.  We compared flowers, "ooo, this is a good one, did you see this one, oh, wait till you see this one, oh, yes, I think THIS photo is going to be great."  It was so much fun touring the gardens with someone who obviously loves her flowers and taking photos of them as much as I do.

So, without further delay, to represent the fabulous flowers of the Bellingrath Gardens, I chose the following.  (Yes, there may be duplicates, I could not help myself!  LOL)

Tossing in a gate for good measure:

Floating in a pond:

Copyright 2010, CABS for Reflections From the Fence.

*When I reviewed all blog posts in late 2018, early 2019, I found many broken links, including a slide show that was here.  I no longer remember which flower photos I had in that slide show, so, I reviewed the photos of the gardens and picked what are now pleasing to me and included them.

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