There is wisteria growing wild everywhere around here. All the woods have these purple vines adding a lot of color!!
This is a view into the tulip beds at Airlie Gardens. It was just beautiful.
The day started with a bit of rain and some tornado warnings but we were missed again! I did get to see lightening out over the ocean which is one of my favorite things. So with rain, a trip to the NC Aquarium was again in order! I did notice some different things this time and it was packed again which I think is wonderful! Kids must have vacation this week down here.
After a quick lunch and the clouds disappearing, we headed to Airlie Gardens to see if we could still see the azaleas. Last week was the Azalea Festival which is Wilmington's largest yearly event. We had even ventured down to the River to see some of the festivities on Sunday after Bill and Debi arrived. I did want to see the gardens though and they were definitely worth the wait! We left about 15 minutes before the park closed!
This is a closeup of some of the beautiful azaleas that were all over the gardens.
These were the Spring Gardens at Airlie.
These were what I called orchid azaleas as the flowers were huge and looked like orchids close up.
This was a pond with trees hanging over covered with Spanish moss.
This is Debi's dog Arliss, a yellow lab who refuses to walk down stairs so he had to use the elevator! After one ride on the elevator, he decided he didn't want to walk up stairs either and so insisted upon riding up on the elevator as well!
These are the two labs that visited with Bill and Debi, Arliss and Daisy. Both preferred to take the elevator down for their walks or a potty break!
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