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On Sunday, before we went to the hospital, Wolf and I stopped off at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Although it was a bit early for the outside plants, it was still a wonderful adventure. We started out by walking the Children's Secret Path, which was a very cool area where children can interact with plants and the natural world .

The photo (above) is just one corner of a very beautifully painted rock enclosure that sits at the end of the pathway. I can just imagine it filled with school-age children learning about all of the wonderful flora and fauna in the area.

As we were walking toward the Tropical Conservatory, we noticed that there were a few things blooming outside.

This photo is of one of the gorgeous exotic plants we found inside the domed conservatory. It is the mysterious Adeoaccio Aureus. Isn't it beautiful?

This is a photo of the rare and beautiful Curalium Spineous Dictamnus. I thought it was quite incredible.

This is the exotic Artichokius Purpurius Dictamnus which was also in the domed rainforest.

This photo was also shot in the conservatory. I think this is one of the most interesting of all the plants and flowers I photographed that day. It is a Depingo Penicillus Chrysanthus.

This photo depicts some of the lush tropical plants that were growing in the greenhouse. To be honest, by the time we left that humid, hot environment, we were a bit lush as well.

Another very pretty flower we saw was the Piniusconus Chrysanthus.

And a flower that I really liked was the Flavesco Favorum.


We also saw the very strange looking Curalium Contortio.

And this is quite possibly my favorite of all of the rainforest flowers, the Amellus Scurraleoninus.

Once we were back outside, I made a tragic mistake and let my son carry the camera. As you can see, I was thrilled to have my picture taken. Do you think he could have caught me at a more inopportune moment? Oh wait, he could have...and did. However, that photo has been permanently deleted off of the camera and of course scrubbed off of the hard drive of my computer. In fact I may just get a new hard drive to be certain no one ever gains access to it...

I'm not sure if the fish were interested in the kids or vice-versa, but it was fun watching them watch each other.

This picture is of the Shofu-en -- the Garden of Wind and Pines. My son took this one specifically for Chani. I know it's not Thailand, Chani, but it made me think of you.

And that concludes our day at the Botanic Gardens. If you have read this far you have probably already figured out that I made up the names of all of the flowers. I wouldn't know a Daisy from a Tulip.