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I decided to see if I could come up with another product made from my photos as photo cards and photo calendars have a limited market with all the digital options available. I came up with Photo Coasters. I had chipboard coasters left over from previous craft projects so I decided to try it. I have many photos I have used in my 4x6 photo calendars so there was much fodder in the square photo category.
I am really happy at how they turned out and I will be taking these to a Christmas Market at the gallery on Monday.
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This is wide shot of the Patrick Seymour Alpine Garden at the end of the property. It contains lovely flowers and plants. It was back to the entrance of the garden to meet my aunt who chose not to arrive as early as I did. We decided to visit the Indoor Houses together. The tropical one holds flowers and butterflies, the arid has succulents and the temperate other plants. We were mostly after butterflies.
It has been several years since I visited this great place and with the new Aga Kahn Garden I was really looking forward to seeing some great new stuff. There are several gardens to visit. The Kurimoto Japanese Garden, the Aga Kahn Muslim Garden, the Indigenous Garden and the Patrick Seymour Alpine Garden. There are 3 Indoor Showhouses and my favorite is the tropical one with the butterflies.
There is a new sign at the entrance, the facilities have been updated, the food has been upgraded and the paths have been widened and are smoother. I will be making blog entries for these interesting places. After tea with a friend in air conditioning in the afternoon. I decided to a visit the St. Albert Botanic Gardens in early evening with the hopes of visiting the wetlands near sunset. As you can see the skies were darkening and the bugs were fierce but I hung in there. The rose beds are filled wonderful varieties. For the most part the blooms were beyond their prime. I managed a few decent photos out of the many I took. I did remember to photograph the label as well so I was not searching the web later trying to identify the roses. I did get through the whole of the garden and I have several good photos of other flowers. Thunder had been heard for about 20 minutes and when the battery died in the camera I took that as my cue to make my departure. I arrived at the car just a large raindrops started falling. And they fell!!!
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