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My sister Mindi enjoying a chill moment with her photo-bombing boyfriend, Adam:-)
And then yes–all of a sudden you could smell that heavenly scent of lilacs hit you! There were literally walls of them in bloom….
I could just hang here all day inhaling the lilacs and relaxing. All I need is a picnic blanket, some snacks and a bottle of wine!
Once we were ready to get up and start off again, we made our way down to the Native Plant Gardens where there is an incredible water feature and of course another hidden gem of a surprise with Chihuly’s triple installation of Koda Study #1 and #2 walls as well as Float Boat.
My sister Mindi and her boyfriend, Adam overlooking the water gardens.
Koda Study #1 and Koda Study #2 explore light and color within the movement of water.
Admiring “Float Boat”–love these beautiful glass baubles set in an old rowboat
After our day at NYBG, we headed back to my sister’s place in Sunnyside, Queens to hang out, have dinner, and talk about our amazing day.
We hung out in her back yard which if you can’t tell, is a testament to my family’s love of gardening.
My family truly loves nature and gardening so of course, I couldn’t leave without taking some cuttings of roses and other plants to add to my yard.
My sister’s mini paradise in a small slab of backyard garden in Sunnyside, Queens. An amazing explosion of colorful flowers.
And with everyone else’s excitement for planting and making things beautiful, I decided the next morning to get my self into high gear, put on my gardening gloves and get cracking so that I can bask in the glory of beauty in my own backyard and come August, I’ll be kicking back and tasting my own creation of salad greens, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, carrots, beets, etc. that come from my own garden!! Here’s hoping there’s enough for the deer, groundhogs, bunnies, AND me!!
Getting busy in my garden and pretty darn happy about it too!
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