Trip to MBG to see the Japanese irises

 We met Arline at MBG right after dropping Sam off at the airport.  It was forecast to be very hot, so we wanted to get there early.  The advantage of it being early was that there were very few people around.  I don't very often get a photo of the Ottoman garden with no one in it!!!

 Maggie loves to get her photo taken with the sheep

 There was no one else on them, which never happens!!!!

 The lotus are starting to blossom in the Japanese garden

 The Japanese garden is always an oasis of tranquility

 We went to see the Japanese iris, but unfortunately they were almost over....

 I found this Deinanthe hydrangea in the English garden.  So unusual and of course I want one!!!!

 The gatehouse is looking lovely as they start doing the landscaping around it

 The crew.....