Lidia's Visit

Lidia just came for another visit (her third). We had a great time together. I feel blessed that our friendship has not suffered since I moved here a year ago. It rained five out of the seven days she was here and felt more like winter than fall with temps in the 40's though we did not let the weather stop our plans. Here are some pictures from some of our adventures.

We returned to Larriland Farms for some apple picking (one of Lidia's favorite things to do). Audrey also enjoyed the pumpkins but was traumatized by the fighting lamas.

Geebin, Lidia's friend from work joined us.She ate three, I ate about five.

Us last year.

We hung around Baltimore a little and went to the Baltimore Museum of Art and Baltimore Conservatory, both of which are free and full of beautiful things.

Audrey brought Monkey on our outing.


Us it front of the "Red Fuzzy" plant.
We used to have one of these in our apartment during our Biola days.
Audrey and I got to feed the fish.

We also ventured to Pennsylvania to go to Longwood Gardens (so far our favorite garden visited thus far). It was a cold rainy day, so we only got to see a fifth of the gardens (everything inside).

There was an amazing water lily garden. Cold, but worth it. They heat the water to 84 degrees, the mist coming off the water combined with the mist of the rain so it looked very spooky and surreal.

These lily pads grew up to 7 feet in diameter and could hold up to 150 pounds!

Fun in the Children's Garden:

Audrey got very wet enjoying all the fountains.

This was a brilliant design moving water along a ramp.
You can really appreciate it when you have a toddler whose energy you want to run out.
It worked perfectly as evidenced by the next picture.

Death Pumpkins

They had the most amazing Orchid Room. I will spare you the other 50 pictures, but this one with the moth image is worth posting.

Other activities enjoyed, but not photographed, were baking, cooking, and most importantly, eating. We enjoyed many dishes with leeks and various fall squashes. I am looking forward to Lidia's next visit some time this winter.