Market Friday - The arboretum, a plant sale and a cafe lunch

in Market Friday5 days ago

Hello and welcome to my Market Friday post. Be sure to check out the community, and the #marketfriday tag hosted by @dswigle, who is also famous for the #alwaysaflower tag.

For Mother’s Day, my husband bought a membership to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. Now that we are vaccinated and things are starting to open up, we are ready to be out in the world!

We went to see the tulips, which are in full color right now.

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There were quite a few people there, but it was manageable since it was a weekday.

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I took several close-ups of the tulips to capture the different varieties.

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We strolled the beautiful grounds. There was plenty to see but a lot of things are not blooming quite yet.

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From there we took a woodland walk and suddenly came out by a barn snd some research projects on bees. Additionally, there was a plant pre-sale that just happened to be open for a few hours, prior to the public sale over the weekend. It was great, as I was able to get several new butterfly-attracting perennials to add to my garden!

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We vowed to go back soon, as there will be something different to see each time we go. But we were hungry for lunch. So we went to a cute nearby town we like, and had our first dine-in restaurant meal in over a year!

I had a fantastic shrimp salad with bacon and avocado, plus a glass of wine. I felt so happy and decadent!

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