Spring Flowers and Dinosaurs

Over the weekend, I spent some time at a botanical garden that featured spring flowers with dinosaurs tucked amongst them.  Hyacinths perfumed the air; sunlight streamed through the windows and reflected on the pond; and the dinosaurs were well behaved.  Who could ask for anything more?

You can see two sizes of dinosaurs here.  If I was dinosaur-educated, I could tell you what kind they were, other than purple.

Here's one trudging along the shore.

 Violas.

 At the entrance, they were loaning the visitors a laminated guide to the flowers, to help in identification.  Having only two hands, both of them occupied with a camera, I declined.  I confidently, and as it turned out, incorrectly, assumed that I would be able to recognize all the flowers.

Well, I know the purple flower is Grape Hyacinth, but I don't know what the orange one is.  I think the yellow bendy one way in the back is a Gerbera.

 

While making my way through the exhibit, I overheard a woman say she didn't know if she liked the yellow and orange flowers better, or the pink and purple flowers better.  Both color palettes are beautiful - no wonder she couldn't decide.

There were lots of dinosaurs - this one was in an entirely different area than the first one.

With all the dinosaurs around, there was bound to be some eggs.

If you had tons of money (and space), wouldn't it be fun to buy out a nursery and make your own indoor garden like what we've been seeing?  I know I've seen that small, flat, fern for sale as an indoor plant.  That's my favorite shade of green.

I think my favorite color combination is a little of everything - purple, yellow, pink, and I would add some orange to this mix.  

Don't those Canterbury Bells look animated and enthusiastic the way they're leaning in, wide open?

Counter clockwise from top: two kinds of Cineraria, two kinds of primrose, perfect begonia, and a rare fringed tulip.  Oh, and some yellow flower at the bottom.

A giant dinosaur, shnuffling around a Cineraria.  His ribcage was visible in the previous photo.

The show ended yesterday, and today they were selling the small dinosaurs.  I was excited to bring an orange one home, and I'll introduce you to her one of these days.