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Iris Tour Day One

Today I started an exploration of IRIS : a genus of over 300 species within the family Iridaceae. First look… my own garden with a wild iris A stop at Schreiners Gardens in Oregon. A bearded collection from touring Schreiners. Some lovely Siberian iris The gardens in full bloom A spectacular day to be sketching
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New Orleans

Our visit to New Orleans was to take in some of the ‘cocktail culture’ and local architecture. Starting with the Sazerac House. A SAZERAC is known as the cocktail of New Orleans… it’s a tangled history of coffee houses, medicinal bitters, an Absinthe replacement and Cognac replaced with Rye Whisky after the phylloxera edidemic. It…
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Gulf Shores

Here are some local scenes. BonSecours & Magnolia Springs on Mobile Bay Beaches Around the area We made a visit to Flora Bama… a ‘unique’ restaurant, bar and music hall on the border of Florida and Alabama Goodbye Alabama!
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Miami Beach Robots

When we were in Miami Beach we saw many of these delivery robots on the sidewalks… we talked to them like everyone else! The robots waited for the cross walk lights, stopped when a person was passing on the sidewalk, and were generally very courteous. People kinda just let them navigate along the sidewalks. They…