Sean and I tried again at Longwood Gardens and practically had the entire place to ourselves! Yeah. I think I took at least 200 photos and narrowed it down to 175, which I will upload to Flickr. The gardens are using LED lights, so all the wrapped trees and hand fashioned trees look brighter. I really need to see how people are getting tri-pods in there, that would make a difference. I’ll share a few shots, first of the face I’ll be missing in a few days:
Taken through a window in the orchid room. Sean treated me to dinner in the ‘fancy’ restaurant at Longwood. He had pasta with olive, mushrooms and capers and I had Citrus grilled chicken with white beans and spinach. I treated him to dessert in the cafe section. I had chocolate chip cake and he had a creme brulee type of cheese cake.
The water in this area was decorated with cranberries!
A natural themed tree with white and gold lights. I’d like a tree like this next year.
A sampler from 1802 found in the DuPont House.
Thanks Mr. DuPont for Longwood Gardens!
Here is the slideshow from today. I only got up to 60 uploads. The above photos are the unedited versions of what will be on there. Enjoy!
Collages & Creative Goodness 
Nice pics, Dianne! Folks may be taking monopods into the Garden. My dh has one that travels much smaller and simpler than a tripod and works as well.
Whew, what great pics!
Beautiful!
That’s a really nice picture of you!
Wal-Mart has little fold up tripods in their camera section – the legs are small enough to fit in a purse, but they extend out like an automatic antenna. I keep one in my car for distance shots. It’s hard to get a clear photo holding the camera when you’re using a zoom.
What a great time to enjoy those gardens. It sounds like you two had a great time with lunch and everything. I will be checking out the 60 photos on Flicker.
Amazing!! That’s a great pic of Sean. I’m glad you guys had fun!!
Sherry