I hesistate to put “Lilac Sunday” into the title of this post since I didn’t see any lilacs on my visit. Susan, Peter & I took a lovely Mother’s Day walk on a sunny, blustery day and arrived at Arnold Arboretum fairly early in the morning. This is a good time to get there on Lilac Sunday before approximately 3.25 kajillion people descend on the Arbortetum. Peter received a lovely tatoo of the Earth with flowers and a recycling logo and immediately set to work on removing it with his teeth.
Next we joined Arnold Arboretum curator Michael Dosmann lead an excellent tour to the lilacs (“just to the lilacs, not of the lilacs” he specified). We learned fascinating things about maples, lindens and tulip trees. After the tour I chose to luxuriate in the grass while Susan chased Peter up and down the hill to the lilacs. So my family saw the lilacs on Lilac Sunday while I lay splayed in the grass photographing buttercups.
I will have to return on a less-crowded day this week to visit the lilacs. Until then, here are my photos from Sunday, 100% lilac-free.
Previously: Lilac Sunday, YEAH!
Panorama of the Mountains 