Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Spring at Duke


Spring at Duke
Originally uploaded by linfrye
Daily Practice

A scene from Duke Gardens and their terraces. Each of the Italianate terraces are filled with seasonal flowers. This weekend, tulips of all colors -- from purple and magenta and red to white, peach and yellow --- were showcased. Crab apples, dogwoods, azaleas all in bloom ... set against the ever-present pine green .... a wonderful place to visit! Some day OUR Arboretum will look simliar---- I pray ...

The temps have plunged to freezing for the next two days - all of us have our fingers crossed for the strawberries and peaches in full bloom ....

Stay warm!

4 comments:

Teri said...

Beautiful and springy!!!

I hope your part of Italy is safe. I thought of you when I heard about the earthquake.

mARTa said...

oh pretty! it's spring in California too. The smell of orange blossoms is intoxicating at the moment!

Joan said...

The color on that pink tree is WONDERFUL!!! You do these so well!!! Hope the frost keeps away!

Anonymous said...

How gorgeous. I love all the "soft" flowers and trees -- so colorful and springy! Nice description too!
Hugs,
Lorraine