Day 4 and Day 5
Aug. 2nd, 2007 07:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daidoji_giseiOn Tuesday Karin and I went to Longwood Gardens for the day. Longwood was once and estate of Pierre du Pont's, and he spared no expense in putting beautiful gardens and and fountains in it. (The story goes, it was originally a farm he bought to save a group of large, beautiful trees from being cut down for lumber.) At a certain point the estate was turned into a public garden.
While we were there we took a tour of the production greenhouses that supply the conservatory and outdoor gardens with plants. It was really amazing; one of the greenhouses is essentially a 'holding area' for trees that the conservatory designers don't need now, but might in the future, and there we saw some poinsettias that had been trained into 8-feet-high standards. Mindboggling.
Later the two of us went back to finish our walk around the conservatory (which has always been one of my favorite areas in Longwood) and we saw there was a plant sticking out of the glass roof. Upon investigating we discovered that their Century plant is blooming. Karin got a few photos of it on her digital camera, but we haven't downloaded them yet to see how they came out. I might have to figure out how to use the photo storage area of LJ so that I can put some copies of her pictures.
Yesterday was pretty lazy. I did manage to write out the bills I had brought with from home, and I wrote out postcards to my parents, workplace and selected friends. In the afternoon Karin and I went shopping and I bought a black skirt. This pleased me greatly, because though I have two black skirts one of them is a casual denim-y number and the other one is garnished with sequins, so the new one plugs the gap in the middle.
On the way home we stopped at a grocery store and picked up supplies for dinner, which was a barbecued pulled chicken recipe Karin wanted to show me. It was very yummy. Afterwards we went swimming and then watched an episode of Princess Tutu--the more I watch this series, the more I want to see. A pity I won't get to see the end (actually, I won't even get through the first season), but I'm still glad I started it.
While we were there we took a tour of the production greenhouses that supply the conservatory and outdoor gardens with plants. It was really amazing; one of the greenhouses is essentially a 'holding area' for trees that the conservatory designers don't need now, but might in the future, and there we saw some poinsettias that had been trained into 8-feet-high standards. Mindboggling.
Later the two of us went back to finish our walk around the conservatory (which has always been one of my favorite areas in Longwood) and we saw there was a plant sticking out of the glass roof. Upon investigating we discovered that their Century plant is blooming. Karin got a few photos of it on her digital camera, but we haven't downloaded them yet to see how they came out. I might have to figure out how to use the photo storage area of LJ so that I can put some copies of her pictures.
Yesterday was pretty lazy. I did manage to write out the bills I had brought with from home, and I wrote out postcards to my parents, workplace and selected friends. In the afternoon Karin and I went shopping and I bought a black skirt. This pleased me greatly, because though I have two black skirts one of them is a casual denim-y number and the other one is garnished with sequins, so the new one plugs the gap in the middle.
On the way home we stopped at a grocery store and picked up supplies for dinner, which was a barbecued pulled chicken recipe Karin wanted to show me. It was very yummy. Afterwards we went swimming and then watched an episode of Princess Tutu--the more I watch this series, the more I want to see. A pity I won't get to see the end (actually, I won't even get through the first season), but I'm still glad I started it.