Botanic Garden

On May 25th, we visited the botanic garden.
It a beautiful day with blue skies above and

flowers in the garden!

The roses are now blooming!

We didn't go into the greenhouses, but they are a symbol

of being in the botanic garden.

We looked across the main pond.

The butterfly garden/house is on the other side,

but the trees are now so big and full that it is hard to see!

The next exhibit we visited was the model train tracks.

There is a club of railroad models. The people in the club

are allowed to bring their trains to this garden track, but visitors

have a fence to view but not handle the trains.

Amaya would love to ride on a train

if she could sit down in one!

We sat down on the sidewalk nook by the pond at the end

of the model exhibit and waiting for the train.

As we sat quietly, I heard a quiet noise and movement in the pond.

I am glad I have a zoom on my camera!

After our time at the model railroad exhibit,

we went to Sasebo Japanese Garden.

They have a pond with large Koi Fish in it

and a beautiful waterfall!

Then, we noticed a bird on the other side.
Another visitor and photographer said it was

a Black Crowned Night Heron.

We walked around the pond to see the waterfall

from the deck on the other side.

There are a few streams and waterfalls

around the bigger pond.

Our Japanese garden is unique in that the plants

are local plants that can grow here, but other

architectural features leave the imprint of a Japanese garden.

Amaya posed again on the other side of the main

waterfall before we left the Japanese garden area.

The last area we visited was Heritage Farm.
It represents a 1920's-1940's farm in this area.

I love how the flowers grow here seasonally!

I posed Amaya on a post that wasn't quite even.
After a few poses and photos, she fell off the post!

She ended up face down, but fortunately it was not far

and on wood below, which must have been softer than concrete.
She was okay, but I wasn't doing that again!

We were near the house.

We walked up to the balcony,

and saw the arch covered with pink roses!

So, we went over to see them more closely.

We walked through the arch to the laundry display area

near a garden field and the barn.

I posed Amaya in the pocket of a small pair of jeans

for the second time.

Really? Can we go now?

It has been fun to visit, but....

We visited to the back of of the botanic garden,

and I ended up not taking anymore photos as we walked

through what we had already seen to leave.

It is summer vacation! We will be back again!