The Bridge of Flowers

Today, after two days of rain and about 4 inches of rain, the sun came out! Yay!  So Ann and her husband, Rod, and I decided to motor to Shelburne Falls.  They were celebrating Riverfest and there were bands, roving troubadors, vendors, and many many visitors.  We decided to go to the Bridge of Flowers first.

So guess what? Next are pictures of lots of flowers!

As we approached the bridge, I could see giant alium across the street.  Since I still miss mine, here are some more shots ...

So then we walked to the Bridge of Flowers.  It is completely maintained by volunteers and I think each must have their own space because the groupings are so different.  Look at that donation box that someone sculpted -- it's all metal.

Neat, huh?  I wish I could say the following are in walking order, but they aren't.  Sorry about that. I'm guessing these are called blue bells ...

This clematis (below) was really pretty!

Below are the back of the stores. I thought they looked particularly well kept.

Apparently, some of the Bridge of Flowers gardeners like alium as much as I do.

More clematis.

One of the other tourists (from Fitchburg) noticed this. I do not know if it's a moth or a butterfly, but it sure was big!  He never moved.

I thought this was so delicate and beautiful.

I am also a BIG fan of iris as you can see below.

This lilac was so fragrant! I couldn't figure out why it is still blooming -- all of ours are done.

Yes, that's camera shy Ann above.  I had my desert hat on. It's not pretty but it keeps the sun off.

Poppies!

The convoluted tree trunk below belongs to a wisteria tree.

The darker iris is actually grape popsicle color.

More views from the Bridge of Flowers.

From there, we walked to see The Glacial Potholes.  They are at the bottom of the waterfall.  The river was ROARING.  Guess it was all of the rain ...

 On the way back, we into some shops. Of course, I was intrigued by the glass. One fellow had made a tiny glass pendant with a jelly fish inside.  I loved it! (I have always been a fan of the ethereal beauty of jellyfish.)

Below is a detail of the Colrain mosaic.  I don't know if you can read it, but the artist wrote captions with tiny beads that one might use for a baby's name bracelet.  The artist was not credited.  I think I saw three different mosaics, but sometimes they were on the other side of a crowd and we didn't get close enough to shoot.

The detail above is from the lower left of the mosaic below. (I believe it says the first flag raised at a public school was in Colrain, Mass.)

Before we returned home, we had lunch at a slice of Americana -- the Fox Diner.  It was a luncheonette in my opinion. Anyway, the grilled cheese and tomato sandwich was to die for!