The weather in Madison on Sunday and Monday was, in a word, dreadful – heavy rains and highs in the 50s. Ooma says she can’t understand why anyone would live in Madison. And she hasn’t seen winter.
But before the cold and rain descended on us we made an outing to the Olbrich Botanical Gardens. This is a large, varied and very impressive garden on the shores of Lake Monona. Ooma, who is a master gardener, was very impressed. It was a lovely day for a walk in the gardens. We didn’t do the inside portion of the gardens – a huge, pyramidical greenhouse – and only stayed a bit over an hour as Ooma tires easily, but we got some lovely photos.
We might get back to see the greenhouse, but time is running short now. But we have a short trip on Wednesday – just 2.5 hours to Chicago – so maybe we can stop by on our way out of town. Not likely, but I have never been inside and am curious what is in there. That structure did not exist 60 years ago when I would visit the gardens while riding my bike.
UPDATE: We returned to the Olbrich Botanical Gardens on Tuesday and toured both the conservatory (i.e., the glass pyramid) and the Thai Garden, which we skipped on the first visit. I took over 50 photos, a few of which I include here.
