the sun shines from within

i found these waterlilies at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens yesterday. Birmingham has a cold snap right now. The nights got into the mid 20s, the cold didn’t effect these beauties at all. ~amy

oh lily, see how you float?

i think the inside of these waterlilies look like they belong in tropical reefs…i can just picture Nemo hiding inside of one. The Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

holding up

just stuff around the Rose Garden @ the Birmingham Botanical Gardens

the rose garden

the rose garden at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens yesterday, May 28th, looked as it does in late September. Everything was struggling, nothing was being deadheaded & I could hear the calls for rain. However, i was lucky enough to be there while the sun was low in the afternoon sky, casting its most precious golden…