A year or so ago, we visited another garden location, closer to the mountains.  They had a small butterfly enclosure there, which took a lot of our time and attention 🙂 as well as horses, chickens, and let’s not forget… the flowers.  This week the kids and I decided to go and spend a relaxing day there since the regular gardens we visit seem to be more overrun with people this summer.  That’s not a problem, by the way… as I love that more and more people are enjoying the outdoors, it just makes it difficult to take pictures.

We chose the coolest day this week, which still seemed too hot for me, but I pressed on.  Actually, in the shady spots, it was just right.  We visited the butterfly enclosure and it was nice because at times, we were the only people in there.  Afterward, we took out our…