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Bloomin' Magic...

8/30/2016

 
This post is going to be a little different from most of my others. Yes, I am going to write. I am also going to put in a lot of pictures  - pictures I took during a morning visit to Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, PA. We used to go there as a family on Easter Sunday, and follow the line of people slowly winding their way through the many paths in among the floral displays. Phipps was also a favorite field trip in grade school, though again, always in a line of people, moving slowly.
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Phipps Conservatory, December 2011
It was Christmas time in 2011, and my mother had died of Alzheimer's only two months before. The heart knows what it needs, doesn't it? I went back to a place alive with mystery, a riot of color and fragrance, and the wonder and magic of childhood that never really dies...
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A few of the glorious flowers at Phipps...
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The eternal fascination of model trains...
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It was Pittsburgh - the train had to go into a tunnel...
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...and then come out the other side.
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The magic of ice skating on a winter's night.
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An orchid orchard...
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The secret path that was not so secret...no matter how many times I walked through this little underground passageway, I never tired of exploring every inch of it.
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The Christmas displays were always dramatic and lush...see the poinsettias peeking out from behind the cactus below?
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Even as you get ready to leave, another path beckons...
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Walls for the wind
and a roof for the rain
and drinks beside the fire
laughter to cheer you
and those you love near you
and all that your heart may desire...

                                                 Irish blessing

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    Carol (Doc) Dougherty

    An avid reader, writer, and student, with a penchant for horse racing, Shakespeare, and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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