Showing posts with label water lily. Show all posts
Showing posts with label water lily. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Monet and the lilies

Monet is famous for painting water lilies.
The water lilies at McKee Botanical gardens are one of their most famous features.
Currently, there are displays like this one around the garden.  This is a mock-up of where Monet got his inspiration.  Kind of clever.

Mckee Botanical Garden

McKee Botanical Garden is a pretty spot.  At one time it was eighty acres of lush, Florida vegetation.  Now it's only eighteen, but still plenty big enough for a comfortable walk or a few hours of sitting in some quiet, garden serenity.

If you walk around, here area some of the things you might see...