Yes, yes, I know. I have posted about the Mendocino Botanical Gardens before. But, it’s sort of become my muse. (If I may humbly use that term.) Right about the time I think I might start get tired of the place I go back and fall in love all over again. We spent a four-day Memorial Day weekend up in Mendocino and spent the better part of an afternoon exploring the garden and enjoying the hummingbird wars, coastal breeze, roses, veggie garden, golden rod crab spiders (what?), and Dahlia buds. As I sit in 100+ degree Sacramento heat this week I am channeling the coastal breeze and cooler weather from Mendocino wishing we never came home…
Golden Rod Crab Spider known to change its color based on if it is hanging out on a white or a yellow flower. Had to do a little research after spying this creepy lady. I can’t remember ever seeing one before. Hope never to see one in my house…
Another specimen I cannot remember seeing before with blue cones
Never get tired of Dahlias
Dahlia Baby
The garden has a good collection of public art that changes regularly
Mother Nature is creative in the interesting things she creates is she not?
Saved this little one who had flown in to a green house and couldn’t figure out how to fly out the door.
Never grow tired of this view
Check out other posts I have done on Mendocino here…
Bulldog Travels / Photos By Jenny 
Lovely shots 🙂
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Beautiful photos. I love that garden. They can grow so many different, interesting plants on the coast.
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So wonderful to be surrounded by these gorgeous blooms.
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How very lovely! Your photos are exquisite. 🙂
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Thank you so much!
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Engaging set of images–especially nice composition of the fuchsia.
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Thank you very much. It’s fun to play with things like that.
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Other than the photo with the spider, I absolutely love ALL of these! Nice job!!!
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I hear ya on that. At least it was my husband who found her on the flower when he went in for a sniff and NOT ME! 😉
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These photos are quite beautiful!
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Thank you so much!
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Wow those are gorgeous flowers and you’ve captured them beautifully. I went to the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens here in NYC earlier this spring but I was too early and we only saw a few cherry blossoms and not much flowers. This makes me think it’s worth going back.
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It’s definitely fun to go back at different times of the year. I’ve never been to that one in Brooklyn but would love to go sometime.
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So beautiful and cool. A few hours and a million miles away from Sacramento. Peggy and I wrapped up our 10,000 mile romp around North America in Sacramento last week with the same reaction: HOT. There may have been a few other adjectives thrown in. Unfortunately, our home in Southern Oregon shares pretty much the same weather. Ah well, I can dream of Nova Scotia and every other place we visited where it was cooler. 🙂 –Curt
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Yah, you came home at the worst possible time! Just head back out for about three more months and then come home!
Welcome home! 🙂
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What beautiful captures – no wonder you keep returning:)
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It makes me always wonder what will be there next time.
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What awesome photos! I love the colors! 🙂
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You have a very good eye for flowers… (amongst other subjects). Even with the right equipment they not easy to… catch. In their essence. 🙂
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Thank you. Quite the compliment from you. I enjoy photographing them very much.
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It shows… 🙂
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