Park of Roses

A couple of weeks ago we took Eva to the Park of Roses.

It is absolutely gorgeous. All the years I've been in Ohio and I've only been to this park a couple of times.....and for sure I had never seen the roses in bloom. We got there in the afternoon. Absolutely beautiful. Eva loves touching flowers, plants, greenery.

What's a day in the park without a few kisses?

Halfway into this park was a huge beautiful tree that looked hollow. The hollow hole was just big enough for Eva to fit inside -- that is if she would stand still, which we knew she wouldn't. So we settled for these cute pics!

I have no idea what kind of flowers these are but they caught my eye from several feet away. I LOVE the colors. I'd like to have some in our landscape at home someday.

We got caught in a light sprinkle of rain at the beginning of our start in the park. It passed quickly and we kept on going deeper into the park. We were about halfway into the park when the rumbling of thunder started. It was very loud and there were a couple of flashes of lightning. The thunder startled Eva just a bit and so we decided to make our way back to the car. As it turned out, we miscalculated when the rain would come because.....

We got caught in it! We had to make a run for this gazebo and wait out the storm. At one point it even started hailing. WOW! We were there for about 30 minutes before the storm got back down to a light sprinkle again. Then we made a run/jog for it back to the car.

All nice and warm and cozy in the car, it didn't take long for Eva to settle in....and fall asleep!

We had a great time!