Hiram M. Chittenden Locks and Carl S. English, Jr. Botanical Gardens

 It was so warm this afternoon that I put a blanket on the lawn and lay in the sun. The tulips in the front yard were begging me to take their pictures.

Karen came home early from work, and we walked to the locks. On the pathway through the woods, the horsetails were beginning to emerge.

The herons are back in the rookery sitting on nests.

Lovely rainbows appeared from the spray.

The sailboat tooted its horn, and the railroad bridge rose out of the way.

A barge of stone moved through the locks piloted by the Island Chief tug.

The coots seemed unaffected by the seagoing traffic.

Once we were over the locks, we enjoyed the botanical gardens. Mr. English, a landscape architect from the U. S. Army Corp of Engineers, planted and tended these gardens for 43 years beginning in 1911.

Soon it was time to move along to pick up Travis from daycare and Katelyn from kindergarten. My goose friend posed for this picture and bid us adieu.