Sunday, July 20, 2008

Washington Water Gardens

Gigantski lopoc
Ovako izgleda lotus cvijet kad ocvate

"Visoki" vodeni ljiljan
Mocvara s poljem lotus cvijeta u pozadini
Roza i bijeli vodeni ljiljan

Cvijet lotusa

Lotus cvijet i dva pupoljka
Cvijet lotusa u punom cvatu
Bijeli vodeni ljiljan

Duboko skriven na istoku D.C.-ja, ali jos uvijek u samom gradu, nalazi se predivan park vodenih cvijetova i drugog mocvarnog bilja (http://www.nps.gov/keaq/). Nema cega nema: vodeni ljiljani, lopoci svih boja i velicina, razno vodeno bilje nepoznatog imena...Vidjeli smo i par roda, kornjaca, te cudnih riba.


Probudili smo se dosta rano, kako bi uhvatili jos malo jutarnje svjezine, ali po dolasku u park (oko 8 sati) vec je bilo prevruce. Sva sreca po svuda je bilo drveca, pa smo se uglavnom skrivali u sjeni. Lopoci zaista uzivaju tijekom ovog dijela godine i ovo je nekako najbolji mjesec za vidjeti ih u punom sjaju. Prosle godine smo bili u parku tijekom listopada i iako smo bili gotovo sami i uzivali u privatnosti, mnogi cvijetovi su vec bili ocvali. Svejedno smo se odlucili ponovno zaletiti do parka u kasnu jesen i u zimu, da vidimo kako izgleda tijekom svih godisnjih doba. Defitivno jedno od nasih omiljenih mjesta ovdje.




Evo jos par stvarcica koje smo vidjeli (fotke su s interneta):









Sunday, July 6, 2008

4th of July trip

We were so lucky to have a chance to get away for the 4th of July weekend. Our destination was the eastern shore of Maryland. We enjoyed the beach even though it was quite chilly...
We found a hidden garden that we had all to ourselves. It was pure bliss, with beautiful plants all around.

On occasion it was pretty hot so I took advantage of any shade I could find... Jeff was toughing it out...
Which made dipping our feet into the cold ocean feel like pure heaven...
Ahhhh, what a refreshment...better even than ice cream.
This beach crab was really cute and friendly, waiting patiently to be photographed...many times. Even while we changed the memory card on our camera.

We were very careful about sun protection :-)


Checking out the boats in the nearby marina...

This is how nice and peaceful the little town we stayed in was...just so relaxing.