Even though we all know Summer is on its way, there are some weeks in April that can tease us New Englanders. We may get one beautiful day in the 60’s followed by a week in the 40’s. It was one of those weeks that I decided I just needed a little bit more warmth […]
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Early Spring at Blithewold Mansion, Bristol, RI
Blithewold Mansion, Gardens, and Arboretum is a 33-acre summer estate located in Bristol, RI that overlooks Narragansett Bay. They open each year with Daffodil Days, an event that celebrates Spring with thousands upon thousands of daffodils bursting open along their winding woodland and garden paths. The gardens at Blithewold are stunning and include a bamboo forest, a vegetable […]
Balboa Park Botanical Building, San Diego, CA
Balboa Park is 1,200 acres of museums, gardens, and open space overlooking downtown San Diego. The Botanical Building and its famous Lily Pond were built for the 1915-1916 World’s Fair Panama-California Exposition and it still stands as one of the largest wood lath structures in the world. While Jeff and I were visiting family in San […]