Wednesday 19th September 2018
This morning we drove to Phoenix, dropped off the car – we have driven 1,506 miles, through mountains and deserts, through small towns and farmland and have flown to Atlanta, Georgia to spend the next four days with my lovely Brother and Sister-in-law. It will be good to stop moving for a few days!
Thursday 20th September
My Dear SIL planned a treat for us for today – a trip to Atlanta’s beautiful Botanical Gardens and an evening performance of Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Gardens and what a treat that turned out to be! The garden was a story book delight! All the characters are made out of plants and are exquisite.
The Story Book
The front cover
The Dragon (with a Sleeping Princess)
The Phoenix
Rip Van Winkle
Earth Goddess
Camels
We didn’t manage to see everything on this visit as we had to have dinner and make our way to the Theatre space which was on the 63ft wide pond! It was still very hot – it had been a very humid 29C earlier and so, along with the ticket, each member of the audience was given a fan, a lovely gesture.
The stage before the play began
I’m a Theatre Fan!
The play was an absolute delight, sparkling from start to finish with just six actors taking all the parts and clearly loving every minute as we did.
Atlanta skyline at night after the show
nrhatch
October 13, 2018 at 5:18 pm
My nephew is in Atlanta. I’m sending him a link to this. Stunning!
Heyjude
October 11, 2018 at 10:26 pm
Wow! Those sculptures in the garden are most impressive.
utesmile
October 11, 2018 at 6:20 am
What an amazing garden, you had a dream trip to remember!
mybeautfulthings
October 12, 2018 at 1:22 pm
Yes, we did! 🙂
Arkenaten
October 10, 2018 at 6:14 pm
Stunning!
saymber
October 10, 2018 at 5:07 pm
Thank you for sharing the botanical garden pictures – they were awesome!
mybeautfulthings
October 10, 2018 at 5:07 pm
Fabulous aren’t they? So very clever. 🙂