We spent the 4th of July visiting the Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo, Florida. What an amazing place. I am always amazed at the foliage that grows in different regions of our nation/ world.
The evening was spent at the beach watching fireworks explode around us in every direction.
In Florida Fireworks are legal and the locals set them off all along the beach front.
In Illinois, they are illegal, as many of us Illinoisans know. So imagine our reaction as the began to set and we had fireworks going off all around us. Some in very close range. A bit unnerving , for sure . So we moved to the boardwalk to watch them . A bit safer of a place to watch the celebration amongst us.
Here are some of the pictures taken at Heritage Colonial Village and the Florida Botanical Gardens.
IF you are in the Clearwater / Tampa area, these are two of the best kept secrets around. These two tourists sites are WORTH the visit.
Enjoy.
Julie
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| Gorgeous Hanging Basket at the Florida Botanical Gardens |
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| Trumpet flower Tree |
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| Hibiscus tree , gorgeous foliage |
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| We saw some of these scary fellas sneaking around in the water. What a scary thought. |
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| Roses in the wedding garden at Florida's Botanical Gardens. |
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| Lovely Quote , true, true, true. |
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| This cutie appeared in the Wedding garden. Love this topiary. GREAT FUN! |
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| Love the patina on the boards, and sign. |
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| Sunset at Indian Rocks Beach on the 4th of July. |
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| FIREWORKS on the BEACH! |
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| LOVE THIS OLD TRAIN SIGN AT THE HERITAGE COLONIAL VILLAGE. This is the REAL DEAL ladies. Loving it and the rusty collection next to it. |
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AMAZING CONCRETE URNS, donated to the botanical and Heritage Woods gardens.
Hope you enjoyed just a peek at what we have been up to in SUNNY FLORIDA the last 2 weeks. Take care.
J. |
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