Flower show -- 8th batch

Across the street from the Convention Center is the famous Reading Terminal Market (Yum-Yum) which I had to check out. A few other people had the same idea.

All sorts of Pennsylvania foods were being prepared and consumed. Here the white area is a big long pastry he was rolling out and sprinkling with something.

Wouldn't it be nice to have your office nearby?


Dutch Eating Place serves breakfast all day

I seemed to be the only one taking pictures

I think it wasn't a real beard

Ah, the famous Philly cheesesteaks..... Lines everywhere were so long I gave up, went back to the show, and lunched on ice cream.

Everything looked so good.

(Back to the flowers next time)

Little blue flower

The German Romantic writer Novalis went on and on about the little blue flower. It was a symbol for him of ... something or other. At any rate, I have a few at my doorstep, and the first bloom appeared today. Now what is that name? Anemone blanda.

Hawk

I wasn't even looking for birds. I was on Bates Road snapping some different views of the Caroline Church when I heard "cheeaak" and a large bird flew away across the churchyard. Hawk, maybe redtailed,I thought, then I looked up and saw the other one right above me all fluffed up. I took quite a few pix but couldn't get the head. Wonder if they will be nesting there? One sees more and more hawks everywhere. My squirrels have disappeared.

I'm reliving the flower show

by looking at some really good photos of the 2009 Philadelphia Flower Show on this site .

If you're lucky

and you tip-toe to this site

and put in this number: 1797212755406

you will see something nice!!

Enjoy!!

Flower show -- 7th batch

Small pond with beautiful tiles. I wouldn't mind being a slave in that ancient Roman villa if my job was to take care of this pool and garden.

A better look at it

Olive trees with fruit were to the right

To the rear a grape arbor with grapes developing

Looks so permanent, doesn't it?

Bonsai on a patio

All that stonework everywhere

That same composition I liked

Very knowledgeable people at this booth

Smith and Hawken again

Vertical displays

They had birdhouses, Kristen

(To be continued)

Flower show -- 6th batch

Close-up of small cacti

They look good enough to eat, don't they?

This mean man in the blue shirt wouldn't let me sit down on his chairs because I had a dish of ice cream in my hand. Humph. I felt as tired as that man in the cap looked.

They hold water--you place a cutting in the pretty crystal and roots form.

More giant sized pots and pans

I wonder if any cannibals bought any?

Boring picture of people coming out alive

Some new buildings near the convention center

A gaudy corner. You can do a lot with lights.

More snaky things (calla lilies?) and some strange spheres

I'm guessing they're constructed not grown

(To be continued)

Flower Show -- 5th batch

Looks like a boring lawn, doesn't it? Well, it's a seedum lawn and never needs mowing. Perhaps for hot climates.

I love the combination of colors here.

"Erbs"

Varieties of groundcovers on the wall

The Worm Factory was selling crates of... stuff

Cute little things here, expensive furniture

This had a special meaning for me

This (only a snippet is showing) won prizes

Sorry, bad picture

Not useful but eye-catching

(To be continued)

Flower Show -- 4th batch

I probably took too many of this area which seemed to be the center of things

The people are looking up at the singers above

The tenor sings

Reproduction of The Birth of Venus

Now they are singing a duet

A happy ending

These were weird, looked like snakes

Hope you're not tired of flower show pix. I have more!

(To be continued)