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Mousetoescamper

(5,363 posts)
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 06:22 AM Oct 31

Oooooo...fearsome creatures!

I returned to Longwood Gardens yesterday after attending the annual Halloween fountain show Saturday night. Here are a few of the some 400 shots I took yesterday. Happy Halloween!

Guardian of the topiary garden


Fountain font gargoyles











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Oooooo...fearsome creatures! (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Oct 31 OP
Thanks for sharing! AltairIV Oct 31 #1
You're welcome! Mousetoescamper Oct 31 #2
I love gargoyles! Lonestarblue Oct 31 #3
Quasimodo? Mousetoescamper Oct 31 #4
I highly recommend Longwood Gardens to anyone who loves gardens Danascot Oct 31 #5
These are wonderfully spooky gargoyles! Thank you, my dear Mousetoescamper! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 31 #6
Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper Oct 31 #7

Lonestarblue

(11,937 posts)
3. I love gargoyles!
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 06:30 AM
Oct 31

I once climbed to the top of Notre Dame (in my younger years) so I could be at eye level with the gargoyles—and have a wonderful view of Paris!

Mousetoescamper

(5,363 posts)
4. Quasimodo?
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 06:41 AM
Oct 31

I'm assuming you climbed the stairs and not the facade.

A wee bit of hunchback humor:

I'm not a real Modo, you know (sigh)
Alas, I am but a quasi-Modo

Danascot

(4,900 posts)
5. I highly recommend Longwood Gardens to anyone who loves gardens
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 08:50 AM
Oct 31

It's best in Spring and Summer but there is always something wonderful to see there, and the greenhouses are open year round. It's outside of Philly.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,319 posts)
6. These are wonderfully spooky gargoyles! Thank you, my dear Mousetoescamper!
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 09:38 AM
Oct 31

You live in such an amazing area. Seems to me that you'd have a hard time running out of splendid features to photograph.

You're making excellent use of your time and equipment!

Mousetoescamper

(5,363 posts)
7. Thanks and you're welcome!
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 10:45 AM
Oct 31

I find more than enough photo subjects within a 50-mile radius of my home. Travel's fine, but there's much to recommend getting to know the place one lives. Saves gas and jet fuel, and the attendant pollution, and brings $$$ to the local economy.

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