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Father’s Day this year was something special. Beth took your blogging buddy out to breakfast and I was able to enjoy lots of treats that you will not find at the local fast food place. And then we wandered over to the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens for the special event they planned for the day.

I have some photos to share of the antique cars and Harley Davidson motorcycles. Also a really cool dragon fly! Some of them are posted at Photo LinkLove which has enjoyed or endured depending on your perspective another face lift. I really think this will be the last one for awhile since it incorporates everything I had ever hoped to do to it.

And then there was Tiger Woods and the US Open! Talk about golfing excitement! Tiger put on an incredible show as he fought his way to the lead on Saturday, came out on Sunday and immediately gave it up when he played the first hole as if I had taken possession of his body and then fought back again to tie the leader on the last hole.

So it’s not over yet! We get to see eighteen more holes today. Father’s Day is extended this year for another day! How cool is that? Do you think I can get someone to take me out to breakfast again before the golfing resumes?

Probably not. Tiger hit some amazing shots over the weekend. He was putting shots in the can from all over the place and the crowds were going nuts. And viewers all over the world were no doubt jumping off their couches and doing the same thing. It was a great day for golf.

And Tiger was hurt too. His recent knee surgery is still in the painful stages when pressure is put upon it. And a golf swing will put lots of pressure on it. At some point yesterday the number one golfer admitted taking the number one pain killer and stopped grimacing in pain. But it was an adventure.

We still can’t figure out why he hit a driver into the thirteenth hole after Lee Westwood put his ball in no man’s land and had to take a drop. Why?  And then on the next hole he hit an iron when he should have hit a wood. Why again?  And he lost a couple of shots for what reason?   But that just made the ending even more dramatic as he made a birdie from a hundred yards or so to send the tournament into overtime.

Tiger is a new father himself these days. Maybe that’s why he was sinking putts from all over creation. I don’t know. But it was a lot of fun and a golf tournament many of us will never forget. Want to see a photo of a cool car?

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Beth and I had not been to the botanical gardens here in Richmond this spring so we went there this afternoon for a few hours. The weather is just about perfect today. It is warm and there is a very nice cooling breeze. The humidity is very low and our little corner of the world seems to be at peace.

Having this time together with her in such a beautiful spot is my idea of heaven on earth. And so we wandered down the paths while we smelled the wonderful smells and viewed the colorful plants.

Here is one of the photos I took as we went inside where they grow many of the flowers needing protection. They had the doors open today because it was so nice outside.

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Here is a slide show.

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Yesterday we walked up to the US Capitol building.  I can remember coming here in the late 1970’s before Darren Rowse was old enough to climb up here perhaps and walking up these steps.  Now they are blocked off and there is a uniformed guard with a high powered rifle standing at the bottom of them.

How things have changed because of a few people with awful intentions.  But the beautiful flowers are still here and it turned out to be a lovely, cool day.  We walked down to the Native American Indian Museum.  This is a very impressive building that gives one the feeling of being in the southwest desert with those high cliffs overhead.

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Blue Herons do not have domestic relationships similar to the other birds we see. While they will remain monogamous during a breeding season the male will go off with someone new at other times. Perhaps this is why we see them foraging alone during our trips to the U or the Ginter Botanical Gardens while the ducks and geese move about in pairs.

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