Friday, October 20, 2023

Friday Face Off

 Hi everyone. Happy Friday. 

It's time once again for Nicole's Friday Face Off  and also Gillena's Friday Lunch Breeak . Today let me share some photos from my trip to Bedrock Gardens (my local botanical garden) a few weeks back. There's a lot of faces today!

 This first photo is for Iris.


Here's some other faces for you.





And this is the spot where these pig statues were located. That wall in the back is made from sheep's fleece. It's been there for at least 2 years so it's getting a bit grungy up close.


And as many of you know I'm fascinated by bees.




I love the flowing hedge that goes all the way around the hives except for one area where you can walk in near them.
The butterflies were out in full force that day too.





The details on these wings are just amazing.


And there were lots of busy bees of all kinds also.




This is a great little turtle statue.


For those of you who prefer birds over creepy crawlies, let me finish up this post with some Aves






Have a great start to your weekend.















26 comments:

Jeanie said...

Beautiful flowers, Erika, and delightful faces!

Tom said...

...the Bedrock Gardens is on my to see list, thanks.

CJ Kennedy said...

Fun post. The red paint on the pigs makes them look creepy. I really like the metal bird sculptures. The first one, chicken, rooster, turkey? looks very happy. Stay dry. Another weekend with rain. What a surprise.

Christine said...

Great faces and loved the bee shots

carol l mckenna said...

Great faces in stone and wonderful nature shots !

Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your day,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)

Valerie-Jael said...

Wonderful post, so much to see and enjoy. Bedrock Park is a great place! Hugs, Valerie

R's Rue said...

Amazing photos

Violetta said...

Yes, really nice faces - I like the pig in red...
All the best
Violetta

Violetta said...

Nice faces...I like the one with the red pig.
Have a good time
Violetta

Shari Burke said...

Oh those sculptures!!! Love, love, love!
Happy weekend!

ashok said...

Wonderful collection of pics

Carola Bartz said...

I like every single picture in your post. What a lovely palce to go to - if it would be near where I like I guess I would be there pretty often. It's lovely to see so many insects. Have a great weekend, Erika!

mvmaithai said...

Love the pig statues and the butterflies!

Angie's Recipes said...

I don't think I have ever seen any pig statue..Beautiful nature shots, Erika. Those butterflies are really pretty.

sirkkis said...

Amazing looking pig statues 😄 Beautiful flower photos, too
Enjoy the weekend ahead 😘

Caty said...

Great faces Erika !! I think I would enjoy this garden too. The bees are so lovely, and wonderful butterflies with so cute designs in the wings. Don´t know where I have read that we can put apples and suggar on a plate to help bees during the winter.
I´m fine Erika, thanks so much for your words. I also hope you are fine, as your lovely family.
I wish you a great weekend, and send big hugs from Almería,
Caty

Gene Black said...

I love the pig faces and the metal birds.
The bees and butterflies are nice too.

Lowcarb team member said...

Wow!
I just loved everything about this post, so much to see, thank you.

Have a great weekend.

All the best Jan

DVArtist said...

WoW! Erika these photos are amazing. I love the pig photos. What a great place. Thank you for sharing with FFO and have a lovely weekend.

Aimeslee Winans said...

Always interesting garden photos. We had quite a nail-biter tonight watching the Astros-Ranger game. I'm still sort of stunned we won it. Honey severely cut back our lantana and morning jew, so no more birds, butterflies or bees by the back porch. We're experimenting to see if it'll go dormant for winter. Good weekend, xoxo

Iris Flavia said...

This was a fun post and Henry roars a big hi!!
The pigs are fun, too! And the turtle. Oh, I sure would love to visit. As I can´t ... thank you so much for sharing!
The blogger-community really is a great thing! I learn so much here and get to see so much, it´s plain wonderful.
Have a wonderful weekend, Erika, hugs

Jim and Barb's Adventures said...

Those pigs are awesome, they look like they have personalities all their own!

Divers and Sundry said...

Your bee/butterfly garden is such a treat to see. And an inspiration. One of these days I'll figure this out...

Liam Ryan said...

Bees pollinating the beautiful flowers is lovely :)
Makes me want to go for a walk at my local park.

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

LOVE the pig sculptures at Bedrock and the avian sculptures too. Just wonderful faces and art.

pearshapedcrafting said...

What a fabulous post, I can almost hear the buzzing of the bees, hugs, Chrisx