Beautiful show Gigi, I love that Petrea.

Thank you for the I-Candy… great pics..

Alway nice to see the theme park gardens, I think I enjoyed that the most whenever I went to any of them. Thanks for sharing Gigi.

My favorite, the Nairobi train ride and safari.



The hippos:





Ostrich:

The zebras












They come close sometimes and they have the right of way.

The Giraffes:
You can feed them:


See them roam around









Or up close and personal, again, giraffe has the right of way.

Gigi Thanks for the trip around the zoo… I could actually use a geraffe or two to limb up all my trees .🦓🦒

You are maybe the giraffes 🦒 can trim your trees better than the people sent by your county.

They are a joy to watch, and probably the closest I can ever enjoy them roaming freely. They are well fed and well taken care of.

GigiPlumeria said: You are maybe the giraffes 🦒 can trim your trees better than the people sent by your county.

They are a joy to watch, and probably the closest I can ever enjoy them roaming freely. They are well fed and well taken care of.

I have to agree that the geraffs would do a much better job than those county tree hackers. The couple rare trees they trimmed are a total loss this spring . They were topped off and butchered. They were part of my understory tree collection. It is not a tri color leaf any more a rare lime green and white stripped smooth bark maple tree that I grew from a seedling. It had beautiful pink, lime and cream colored heart shaped leaves . Now this season the new growth leaves are a solid green long half moon shaped leaf and not heart shaped or tri-colored.
The pic of the tree is in my data bank. Doesn't even resemble the tree it was.
Once more than 1/3 …or more is trimmed and far more than that was trimmed off in one setting can reduce the quality and the amount of color as well as activate the slow decline of the entire tree until it eventually dies. Topping trees is a NoNo…it's guaranteed a slow death.
Some of the scalped branches have no new branches or leaves growing at all. They stick up like naked 6" stems that offer no shade. It will set seed this fall. I might try growing another…..takes 10 years or more for a tree to grow 8-10' of this type and size in order to plant in soil in this climate. The former scalloped rare tree was over 22 years old. Full and and beautifully shaped . It will never look the same again. Nor will any of the other 6 trees they mutilated.
It's sad but also ok. I have more than enough trees and shrubs in the garden to keep me busy. It's a new day and a minor event in the greater scheme of things.

Went to Busch Gardens to watch the early 4th of July fireworks, this time at Shiekra. Perfect spot and the fireworks were awesome!!! And it was breezy, actually too breezy they had to delay the fireworks but well worth.

Hard to tell since it is dark but this beautiful tree full of yellow cascading blooms could be Golden Shower Tree (Cassia fistula).






I was hoping to be able to go back while this tree is still in full bloom.

Great clear pics of Fireworks. I do think the Cassia fistula are so pretty when in bloom, a lot of them in Naples when we were there in June.

What great pics Gigi, you are a pro with that iphone.

I want this tree hopefully if not too hot, we can go back again while it is in bloom. We went at night just to see the fireworks.

Alice, I was taking a video of the fireworks and at the same time clicking it to take some still photos.

Beautiful day in Busch Gardens, Tampa, Fl today!

Lots of Dendrobiums in bloom:

Cacti 🌵 combinations




My favorite: Butterflies 🦋 plant combinations



Flamingos 🦩






Ok not a plant but yummy 😋 cheesecake

Howl-O-Scream:

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍁


All Day Dining



Flamingos:



Roller Coaster:

Busch Gardens Safari, my favorite train ride:

Our all time favorite, Christmas On Ice is amazing!



This performance is so scary but amazing! You've got to see this performance to believe it.