I'm pretty good friends with the school nurse...she's a divorcee.

I went to the neatest garden today! It's about an hour west of my house, in Weatherford, called Clark Gardens.



The best part was that while it was chilly and cloudy while I was driving, by the time I got there the sun was out and it was fairly warm.





Dwarf Flowering Almond...



There are lots of places like this for sitting and reading...



And there are at least two huge decks...



...with little kitchen areas!







This one was on the other side of the park, but its lake had about 30 or so ducks.



There were lots of halls like this, many of which weren't green yet. Their Spring Festival thing is the first weekend in April, and knowing Texas weather, it should be fully green by then!



The place is HUGE. I'm sure I may have missed at least some of it. This was especially pretty...



The downside is that every time I go now, I'm going to want it to be like it was today: deserted. I think I saw maybe 10 people? I have a feeling it is rarely that way.

Also, a little odd bonus to the gardens: they have this area called Clark Station for miniature trains. Just on the other side of the rainbow...thing.



And they're really cool! They are, as my friend Nella might say, "cute as fuckin' buttons." I saw at least three; this one has a little red caboose (just for you, mom)...



But the little coal train was my absolute favorite. So cute.





So I highly recommend going! I was there for nearly two hours and I didn't even have food or books!