BLOOMING FLORAL BEAUTIES and TRANQUIL SETTINGS at the Dallas Arboretum

05 Oct 2021 Leave a comment

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  • Look at this flower!
  • Gotta love crazy looking flowers!
  • Coneflower dressed for the pumpkin celebration
  • Colorful coleus everywhere !
  • Lantana the size of bushes.
  • Festive ornamental peppers
  • Nature intertwines
  • Great optical illusion
  • Fountain obscures reality
  • Water Wall
  • What is really on your mind?

Along with pumpkins galore and oversized bugs, Autumn at the Arboretum, continues to spread joy with beautiful blooming gardens everywhere! I was further delighted to see so many varieties of flowering plants three and four feet tall, where as, in my home state of Missouri, I was accustomed to seeing these same plants one foot tall at the most! Another aspect about what I loved about the Arboretum was that I could curiously venture down paved paths with no clue of what was to come, yet to see surprising and tranquil settings unfold in front of me. While exploring the 66 acres, time and time again I would happen upon koi ponds, fountains, statues, rippling creeks beds and waterfalls. Most offered shaded benches just for the sitting and absorbing the beauty and nature that surrounds me. Quiet places that mends the soul. Gentle reminders to be grateful. Never underestimate what is ahead of you. Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed!

PREPARE TO BE PUMPKIN OVERWHELMED!!!

05 Oct 2021 Leave a comment

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Pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins were everywhere at the Dallas Arboretum during Bugtopia!
Sure, pumpkins are popular for Halloween decorations and for pumpkin pie, but did you know?………. Pumpkins are a winter squash and technically a fruit because they have seeds. They are native to North America and one of the oldest domesticated plants, but they can be grown anywhere except in Antarctica. There are 45 different varieties of pumpkins. Pumpkins are packed with nutrients and are naturally low in calories. Each pumpkin produces about 500 seeds. The seeds can be roasted and eaten for a healthy snack. In the early colonial days, pumpkin pies were baked in the hollowed out pumpkin, to serve as the pie crust. Pumpkins were named by French Jacques Carter in 1584 and the first known use of the word, pumpkin, in literary terms was in Cinderella. The tradition of carving Halloween Pumpkins started from a scary Irish folktale about “Stingy Jack”. The heaviest pumpkin world record is 2624.6 pounds from Belgium in 2016. The US produces 1.5 billion pounds of pumpkins every year and most of that is sold in October. That’s a lot of pumpkin!! Thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed!!

FANTASIC 2021 PUMPKIN VILLAGE at the Dallas, Texas Arboretum !!

04 Oct 2021 Leave a comment

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My favorite time of year is pumpkins!!
So naturally I had to attend the Autumn at the Arboretum celebration in Dallas, Texas. It is a nationally acclaimed popular seasonal attraction, now in its 16th year. Bugtopia is this year’s theme. 90,000 pumpkins, gourds and squash were used to create the scenes in the Pumpkin Village and also to compliment the blooming flowers throughout the 66 acre gardens. It was absolutely incredible and I have never seen anything else like it before!! Hoped you enjoyed!! Thanks for reading!!