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Tuesday, December 10, 2024

The Botanical Gardens

 For Thanksgiving we headed back east, and one of the days we had free we visited the Botanical Gardens. Highly Recommend!!!


They had it set up for Christmas - and there were poinsettias all over - so very pretty.


I already forgot for sure where this one was - But I think it is outside of the International Spy Museum - don't hold me to that - I just thought the reflections were so cool!!!


There was hardly anyone outside - later we learned they all thought it was too cold. But DC gets super cold - so I am guessing that they were just working... 


Inside the Botanical Gardens - this is the Library of Congress. It is made out of all plant material. Super cool. They had replicas of almost every momument.



The Lincoln Memorial



Check out this detail - Lincoln is Actually in it!!!!


Of course I focused on the eagle - he is all plant!!!


One of the displays was all about gardening and making a sustainable system. I was intrigued




And The Capitol - that one was huge!!!

We also went to the Modern Art Museum. For some reason that one WAS crowded, so no photos, and I didn't trip anyone or run out screaming - we call that a win!!


On our flight out - I wore that Turkey sweatshirt - I got stopped SO MANY TIMES!!! Even the pilot on the first leg of the flight came out to tell me he needed one. It was quite funny. I am not a very *Peopley*person, so I think it helped that I made people smile......


My other one is the Kindness shirt - Do you know how many people on the street and in the Museum saw it, smiled and a lot of them said thank you for the reminder. Made me remember to be nice too ;-)


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7 comments:

  1. Thank you for sharing the beautiful botanicals! Gotta love those shirts:)

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  2. wet cold is so much colder than our Rocky Mountain cold.

    Great pics!

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  3. Awesome sweatshirts! Especially the turkey of course. I've only been to the botanical gardens in DC once and that was decades ago. I really enjoyed your photos. What a beautiful place.

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  4. Looks like a wonderful trip! Love the turkey t-shirt. :D

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  5. I haven't been to the DC gardens but we were at Harvard University's botanical museum in Boston and all the plants were made of glass! Exquisite detail on each one, from the tiniest seeds to larger branches. Amazing amazing.
    Love this rail fence version.

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  6. What beautiful photos of the botanical garden 'monuments'!!! Glad is was a great trip and the t-shirts are spot on!

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  7. The botanical gardens are impressive! So glad you got to go visit for the holiday. Love the shirts, it's always nice to make people smile.

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