Feb. 3, 2016---Mounts garden with Lego exhibit:

Angie and I had so much fun on our recent photo excursions that we decided we should try to do that once a week.  So this week we decided to go to Mounts Botanical Gardens in West Palm.  When I tried to go there in Nov. as it was closing, I saw signs advertising Legos in the garden until about Feb. 15.  It's also suppose to be a reciprocal garden to the Missouri Botanical Gardens back in St. Louis, but when I tried to use my card they said it didn't apply to the special exhibit---even though it was still free for their members.  All the reciprocal gardens I've ever been to before treated me like a member of their gardens, but not Mounts.  Anyway, we paid the $10 each and went in.

 One of the unique flowers of Florida.

 first lego exhibit.

 bee and pansy---forgot to see how many legos and time it took to make this.

Monarch butterfly and milkweed--- Legos used-60,549   Hours to build-425

 flowers close-up

 a white hibiscus

 woman reading to child

 bee

 lipstick plant

 peacock---this guy was made up of 68,827 Legos and took 625 hours to build

 koi

 interesting bench

 scenic

 Galapagos turtle and Finch---they were made up of 23,317 Legos and took 290 hours to build.

strolling through the garden

 interesting planters

 gardening granddaughter--Legos used were 11,294    Hours to build-535

 Grandpa and girl gardening.  Grandpa took 35,646 Legos and 535 hours to build.

 a big corn spider---16,492 Legos and 135 hours to build   Looks like they guy that was crawling on my arm many years ago on Kauai.  Really freaked me out.

 orchids growing in a tree..

 hummingbird used 31,565 Legos and took 265 hours to build.

 butterfly in the little butterfly garden.

pretty water lily

 another pretty water lily

pretty views

Birdbath---14,802 Legos and 200 hours to build.

 another butterfly.

 another orchid

pond in the garden

serene walkways

 interesting sculpture

 pinecone

view across the pond to the interesting bench I had a picture of earlier.

 Deer family: Buck and Fawn and Doe--45,563 legos used and 540 hours to build

dragonfly---27,788 lego's and 515 hours to build

more orchids in the trees.

thought this was cute.

another wierd Florida flower.

 more orchids growing in the trees

Wheelbarrow--29,900 Lego's and 205 hours to build

 ant angela---12,990 Legos, 105 hours to build, and one Angela.

Got home in time for Ken and me to run up to Loxahatchee for sunset.  It's been a rainy winter here!  I hear that's not normal, but not much about this year has been normal!  This is usually all dry.

back to the sunset--

 At least sunset isn't until about 6 now.

 another day gone.