4.27.2009

Huntington Library in Pasadena

This was a fun place that I'd always wanted to visit. The admission is free every first Thursday of the month. I absolutely loved it. Beautiful gardens, breathtaking portraits (we saw the famous "Blue Boy" and "Pinky") and there was a fun "hands-on" science area for kids, but fun for adults too. Aleena loved crawling around the gorgeous rose gardens and looking at the ducks. I loved the house and everything around it. It reminded me of living during the time of Jane Austen. I look forward to returning. We spent so much time outside we didn't even get a chance to look at the library.

This pond was in the Shakespeare garden.


Beautiful camellias everywhere.



The Queen and her Princess sitting on the royal throne.


Trying to take a family picture. I haven't climbed a tree in years.



The new addition was the Chinese garden. We preferred the Japanese garden. The architecture was amazing.


Leena roaring like a tiger in the bamboo jungle.

At the conservatory. It felt like I was in Hawaii; humid, warm and green.
Come back Grandmommy so we can return.

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