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Outdoor Pleasures
Having A Picnic
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Dining outdoors is a tradition that spans many cultures and has withstood the test of time. A meal eaten under open sky in the company of loved ones is an occasion in its own right. The very character of picnics, by virtue of their bringing together so much that is pleasing to humanity, makes them a wonderful way to unwind from stress, reconnect with people and nature, and create new memories. There is something magical about picnicking. A blanket, a basket, and a landscape pleasing to the eye intensify the deliciousness of food and help us see the beauty of lazy afternoons spent in nature.
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Thoughts of picnics past bring to mind images as varied as we are because the experience of dining outdoors with pleasant companions can unfold in
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Jul 01 2009
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Tags: appeciation, beauty, blossoms, celebration, colors, daffodils, experience, festival, flora, flowers, garden, gift, happiness, jewels, joy, life, meadow, mountain, nation, park, plants, season, spring, trees
The Rites of Spring
Spring has sprung! Celebrate the most beautiful places to experience the season’s stunning colors.
The Rites of Spring
The Skagit Valley, Washington state: Springtime makes this verdant valley in northwest Washington explode with color, carpeting the land with hundreds of acres of tulips, daffodils and irises. The area is best known for the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, which runs throughout April and was featured in “1,000 Places to See Before You Die.” Display gardens abound throughout the valley for you to visit, but you can also enjoy the
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Apr 25 2009
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Tags: beauty, blooms, celebration, colors, estate, experience, flowers, fragrance, garden, home, masterpiece, park, photos, plants, scent, season, shrubs, spring, trees
The Rites of Spring
Spring has sprung! Celebrate the most beautiful places to experience the season’s stunning colors.
The Rites of Spring
The Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis: The nation’s oldest botanical garden — marking its 150th anniversary this year — is a riot of color each spring, entertaining guests with lovely views of crocuses, camellias, rhododendrons, tulips, snowdrops, clematis, cyclamens, orchids and intensely fragrant sweet olive. The Linnean House conservatory is fronted by a magnolia-lined walkway that virtually showers visitors with the flowering trees’ sweet, heady scent.
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Apr 19 2009
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Tags: beauty, celebration, colors, elegance, experience, family, flowers, garden, history, season, spring
The Rites of Spring
Spring has sprung! Celebrate the most beautiful places to experience the season’s stunning colors.
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The Rites of Spring
Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia: Hundreds of thousands of flowers burst into bloom at this horticultural wonder, still owned by the descendants of its founding family. Flowers such as pansies, scillas, daphnes and forsythias come out to play around March; as spring progresses, catch crabapples, fritillarias, flowering dogwoods,
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Apr 11 2009
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Spring has sprung! Celebrate the most beautiful places to experience the season’s stunning colors.
The Rites of Spring
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The New York Botanical Garden: The Big Apple hosts a South American tropical paradise each spring when The Orchid Show: Brazilian Modern takes over the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. Running through April 12, the event (now in its seventh year) showcases thousands of lush, brilliantly hued orchids, as well as bromeliads and
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Apr 09 2009
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Tags: beauty, daffodil, garden, information, link, season, world
Every year, high in the San Bernardino mountain range of Southern California, five acres of beautiful daffodils burst into bloom. Amazingly, this special spot, known as “The Daffodil Garden,” was planted by one person, Gene Bauer, one bulb at a time, beginning in 1958.
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Apr 07 2009
