My Love Affair With Flowers, Plants, Nature

Water Lily @ Chicago Botanic Gardens, originally uploaded by Mark Sexton Photography.

It's been almost a month since I visited Chicago Botanic Garden for a day to wander & ponder. I could have spent 2-3 days there... walking, sitting, listening, watching, learning...

I've always loved to visit large gardens, nature preserves, wetlands, etc. I still remember the visit with my mom and dad to Longwood Gardens - what I've always called and remembered as the "du Pont gardens" until I just recently learned the real name. We visited during a trip to Washington D.C. in the summer of 1983. I remember walking around the gardens in awe... That's when it all started... my love affair with flowers, plants, nature...