Smith Family Garden

One afternoon Rich and I toured the Smith Family Garden while Ava napped at the condo with Papa & Nona. During the day the garden is open for self-guided tours and in the evening it is the home of a Luau. We enjoyed having the garden to ourselves and seeing all the beautiful flowers. We also fed the many birds and for a while had a parade of them following us. It was a nice quiet afternoon and we enjoyed it being just the two of us.

The sign says we are 2646 miles from California.

Me feeding some of the birds before it got to be crazy.

Rich surrounded by all kinds of birds.

Rich got one of the peacocks to eat out of his hand. It kind of nipped him, but he said it didn't hurt.

My silly husband thinks he is so funny.

My with my camera. I love touring gardens because they are filled with beautiful flowers and so many colors. I really put my new camera lens to good use this vacation (thanks Rich).

We saw several Monarch Butterflies. We were pleasantly surprised. It was hard to get a good picture because they were so active.

Plumeria bud

Tulip Tree

I loved the Tulip Trees.

Frog

If you look closely you might be able to tell the bird is eating a fish. It was awesome to see the bird catch and eat the fish. I have never seen that happen in the wild before.