The Denver Botanical Gardens

Kathleen and I mad a trip to the Denver Botanical Gardens on Presidents day to take advantage of a free day.  The outside gardens were dry and there was not many green plants and no flowers.  This photo shows a typical outdoor shot.

However, inside the Green house there was a wonderful collection of orchids in various colors.  Here are a few samples and if you look closely at the first photo you will find a spider in the cavity of the flower.  I guess this makes a nice hunting ground for him.

And here are a couple more orchids:

All in all it was a nice day.  We met our 2 youngest children at the gardens and had lunch together  and discussed the beauty in the green house.  Kathleen photographed mostly out doors and found a lot of pattern shots.  A few are posted here, but she got into her artist zone and saw patterns everywhere.

We will revisit the trip later and may share a few more photos. 
Thanks for looking