Eileen's holiday pics.

[eileen]

Well you wanted to see them all so be it on your own heads!!! There are quite a few!!!

Here goes:

This first group were all taken at the Keuenhof garden in Lisse, Holland.















THIS ONE IS JUST FOR YOU AQUI!!!



You can make out some of the famous bulb fields at the back of this piccie.










This next gruop were taken at the 5 yearly flower show at Gent, Belgium.

Aren't these orchids fabulous?





Some bonsai now.





This one was arranged so that the flowers looked like the living crater of a volcano.













This last set are of the bulb fields but they are very dark (it was raining heavily when I took them so don't show the fields in their true glory) also two of a very special item we brought home with us!!





This sculpture is life sized and is called 'The Lady of the Lake' she is also the spitting image of my 22 year old daughter Laura!!! When my daughter saw it yesterday she thought it was 'freaky' as she said it was like looking at herself naked in our garden.  ;D ;D She did, however, assure us that she didn't pose for the artist.   :P  I must try to get her to strike the same position next to our lady to let you all see the similarities but hold it boys........ don't get too excited.......Laura will [/b]not be posing in the nude!!!!  ::)





These are just the photographs I took with the digital camera. If the ones taken with the Canon 35mm turn out to be better shots of the bulb fields (they were taken on a sunny day) |I'll post them at a later date for you all.

Hope I haven't bored the socks off you all.   :-*  :-*

[eileen]

[Wicker]

Eileen, great photos - those great swathes (?) of colour always get to me.  And don't those artistically arranged veggies look fantastic !

But rhe crowning glory has to be your "Lady" -  is she really lifesize?  Can nmjsut iamgine the effect she would have on the boys at the lotties ::)  Joking apart, Eileen, she is really, really beautiful and for once I am a bit envious............

[rosebud]

Eileen what lovely lovely photographs, they really show the colours off beautifully, can i come next time. ;D ;D ;D. Mary.

[aquilegia]

Lovely photos. Thanks for my special one! ;D very pretty!

I particularly love the water garden in the first batch, the tulips, the orchids, the bonsai, the volcano, the veg, oh loads of them! The lady is lovely too!

[lorna]

FROM A COMPLETE NOVICE ELDERLY GARDENER.... JUST TWO WORDS.....
   
WOW AND THANKYOU!!!!

[Glyn]

Great shots Eileen,,beautiful colours.
;D ;D ;D ;D

[busy_lizzie]

Got to see them at last Eileen.  Don't know what happened before.  Well worth waiting for though.  They are tremendous, -  brilliant gardens and colours and everthing.  Great photography Eileen, thank you for letting us see them. :) busy_lizzie

[Tulipa]

Wow eileen, the photos are  lovely.  I had tried to see them this morning but they were worth waiting for.  Glad you had a good time.  And the statue looks so lifelike, it is superb.

[Palustris]

Super. Like others I had a long wait this morning, but now ok. Hope the break from routine has recharged both your batteries.

[wardy]

Good pics Eileen.  Hope you had a good hol - looks like it.  I really enjoyed the pic of the volcano!  Thanks for showing us your holiday snaps.

I'll show you mine, on the donkeys at Skeggy (nah only jokin)  ;D

[Gardengirl]

Beautiful photos Eileen.  I have saved a few as desktop photos, I hope you don't mind :)  The 'lady' is lovely, how on earth did you manage to transport her back home, she looks really heavy :-\

BTW some of the photos did not come out first time, but I refreshed the page and they appeared. 

Look forward to seeing the rest of them. 

Pat

[GREENWIZARD]

marvellous pics E ;D

[ina]

Really, really nice Eileen, thanks for sharing them.
Guess what, we just got back from the Keukenhof a few hours ago, it was beautiful as always.

[Roy Bham UK]

:o Finally got in, Phew! :o well worth the wait, some of these photo's appear 3D and look fab, gorgeous colours, well captured and if you think the 35mm camera holds better quality photo's then I am eagerly awaiting with anticipation.

Bring e'm on Girl ;D

[MagpieDi]

Absolutely wonderful to view all those stunning flowers. Thanks Eileen !

[dibberxxx]

lovely pictures such wonderfull flowers and gardens u must of had a real good time

[Yellow Petals]

Eileen your pictures are beautiful.  I really like the volcano pic and the two immediately below it.  The statue is also beautiful.  You must have had a lovely time. 

[Mrs Ava]

Wow and wow again!  I had to refresh fro time to time, but everytime was worth it as more and more amazing pics arrived on my screen!  Hope you both had a good time.  I was going to say relaxing time, but by the looks of the photos, you were stomping around the Netherlands like a good 'un!

[Lady Cosmos]

Very nice pictures. Eileen. I live just 1 mile away and pass it every day.
It is my view from my back garden........ What a heavenly smell.....

[tim]

Only just got into them - well worth the wait!