Botanic Garden – Michael Stephen Wills Photography

Foxglove

Approach to the Museum

August 4, 2020July 25, 2020 MichaelStephenWills2 Comments

The Ulster Museum is set among the Botanic Gardens. It was in the gardens on this rainy Saturday we needed the umbrellas several times during our twenty minute digression before the museum engulfed us.

The rain brought out this snail, house on its back.

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We found flowers flourishing throughout the island. These foxglove were huge. The common name is after Leonhard Fuchs, who first described it. “Fuchs” is German for fox.

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Entrance

Approach to the Museum

August 3, 2020July 25, 2020 MichaelStephenWills1 Comment

The Ulster Museum is set among the Botanic Gardens. It was in the gardens on this rainy Saturday. We needed the umbrellas several times during our twenty minute digression before the museum engulfed us.

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A solid fence, more dignified than a “Keep Off The Grass” sign.

I regret not recording the names of the trees and plants

This large, 28 acre, city owned park is free, opened to the public. It is treated with suitable respect by the residents.

The Row Houses on Colenso Parade (street) running parallel to the avenue of flowers we enjoyed.

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Coffee

After the Ulster Museum and Garden

August 1, 2020July 25, 2020 MichaelStephenWills6 Comments

After our tour of the Ulster Museum and the Botanic Gardens of Belfast we stopped in for refreshment across the street at Maggie May’s Belfast Cafe. I am wearing a Cortland Line Company fishing vest adapted for photography. I purchased the vest at the company store, Cortland, New York just north of our Ithaca home.

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I compliment the photography skills of our waitress

Our latte’s were perfection. The header photo looks forward to our visit to the gardens.

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