Today was a day of touring and walking about Weymouth. Our first destination was a waterlily garden some two miles from town. On the way, we came across this establishment:
Quite startled I was! Alex, did you change professions, and I not knowing?
At the entrance to the garden was a fish pond:
But of course there were lilies, too. Isn’t this a beauty:
What the heck was a display of cactus doing in a water lily garden! This specimen, seemed to be, uhhh, particularly……. serious. Note the Buddha in the background. What does the Buddha have to do with cacti?
A lily among the pads:
This foxglove was irresistible:
Doesn’t this lily look like a lotus? Some wise guy is going to tell me that a lotus is a kind of lily, but I just looked it up and it isn’t, though lots of people think so. Be warned!
A red lily:
Lush, foliage surrounded the ponds:
It started to rain whilst we were viewing the flora, but as luck would have it, the garden had a little tea room where we repaired to partake of some hot beverage and a slice of most excellent maple cake. Revived, we made our way back to town.
Remember these lyrics (from HMS Pinafore), “When I was a lad I served a term as office boy to attorney’s firm, I cleaned the windows and I swept the floor and I polished up the handle of the big front door. I polished that handle so carefully that now I am the captain of the Queen’s Navy?” Why here is that very door!
By and by we met Benson, an eleven week Burmese mountain dog. He was very shy:
But after many compliments and some encouragement, he shook hands with Wendy:
Weymouth has a harbour:
Weymouth has such a good harbour that it is host to the sailing event of the 2012 olympics. Why there is Canada hard at practice!
Here are some of the boats in formation:
The town is still decorated from the jubilee. OK so the flags don’t show up so well, but there are strung all across the street:
Ambulances come in many varieties:
Oh, I say, it is George III! God save the king and all that! Hip hip hooray!
Choosing photos requires a lot of thought:
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