International Peace Gardens [Marcottes go West pt 3]

Yesterday my sister Jeanne took us to the International Peace Gardens on the border of ND and Canada. The gardens (there are several) are stunning. Added to that fact is that the Dakotas are in a deep drought and it's amazing how much care the volunteers put into their mission of peace.

1. The two drives include lakes, native trees and wild flowers, and a variety of native fauna. The main gardens are simply breathtaking. Although I recognized many of the plants, the variety and color is well beyond my knowledge. One example of this is the cone flower. 

I'm calling all of these cone flower but they could easily be daisies or perhaps they are related. The point is that the colors are fascinatingly varied.

For more photos of the scenes and flowers at the International Peace Gardens, visit my Facebook page. 

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Thanks Laura!

I came home to a small package tonight.  It is round, and flat, and shiny........from my sister Laura, who lives in Tennessee.
She's a great photographer, and the shiny surprise is a CD of photos she took while visiting after Christmas.  


There are several photos on the CD but these are some of my favorites.  They were all taken around our house and depict some of our woodland friends.  


This white egret sitting very stately in the tree decided to go fishing in our pond.  Laura managed to get pictures of him in both places.   The blue heron is a regular feeder at the pond and gets his share of fish. 


While at our house, she also snapped a few photos of some of my quilts and quite a few of the chickens, the goats and the horses.  Even one of the barn cats was still for her.  I'll share those in another post.

I hope you enjoy her photos.  Please leave a comment letting her know.  I'm sure she's appreciate hearing from you, and I know I will.


Happy quilting,
Mary