WE ARE IN PALM BEACH

At least close, we are in a campground near.  Jim has got together with his friend Dave Mulberry who is a private eye.   For real.  He was even a body guard to Burt Reynolds who has a home here, so does Tiger Woods and he said this is one of the richest cities in the U.S.  Today we will be driving to the Ocean, not for time on the beach, they broke a record today for cold.  Here it was 90 on Sunday and on Wednesday the temp was 44 this morning and the record was 45.  It should be in the 80ies.  It will warm up soon, we leave for Naples tomorrow and have to finish our sightseeing today.  Back to Dave.  They went out to lunch on Sunday after we went to church, and they spent the afternoon together and we had him here on Monday for dinner after  I did laundry.  Those sheets need doing you know.
We went to Mounts Botanical Garden in the afternoon, the temperature did get to 80.  I have to tell you about our drive there , we had a hard time finding it because the front of it was so insignificant.  It really was a diamond in the rough.  It used to be of all things an old Highway Patrol Office and they donated it for the Garden when they moved.

 

Love these flowers.

 

We just loved these trees with the upside down flowers, they came in all kinds of shades of pink.

 

The art in the park was fun.  Wish I would have kept my jacket on but it was 80 degrees.

 

This tree is so beautiful.

 

So is this one.

Jim wanted you to see how huge the fans on this tree are.

 

I just loved the airyness of the plant around the bench.  Did I just make up a word?

 

 

 

Pretty flowers.

See the ant on the flower.  Jim loved getting a picture of that.  Go figure.

More pretty flowers.

 

He thought he could build this arbor for me at home.

 

No comment.

 

 

Listen to the Mockingbird.  It was beautiful.

 

Can you believe this is a pineapple, I have never seen one growing.  It's beautiful.

Of course there were water Lily's.

 

This was called The Twelve Apostle's flower.   

"Neomarica gracilis, (Brazilian Walking Iris). Native of regions from Southern Mexico to Brazil. Also known as the twelve apostles, has intricately designed orchard-like white flowers of white with mottled crimson and a blue-violet banding. Glossy green, arching leaves, like an iris which are sometimes more than 24 inches long.....Grows in grassy clumps up to 5 feet wide and equally high, does well in pots and particularly suitable to hanging baskets."

 

 

This is going to be a fruit on a fruit tree.  Possibly Mango?

 

Of course all the pictures I took were on my phone.

 

THIS IS MY FAVORITE. 

 

 

This is just a beautiful picture.  Jim does such a great job framing.

 

Flowers.

 

I think this is the start of banana's, maybe.

 

More flowers.

 

And more flowers.