But first we must have a story.  When I was a kid, my mother would take me to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden because she loves flowers and plants and other nonesuch.  Now admittedly I enjoyed seeing a venus flytrap but overall, I couldn’t understand why people wanted to spend an afternoon among these types of things.  Plants don’t talk and you can’t really play with them.

Now I am older, but probably not wiser, but I do realize that those types of places serve their purpose.  They are peaceful, lovely places to spend time with your thoughts.

And of course, take photos: