Concrete Crop Circles

glass fountain, originally uploaded by melmel80.

Scattered throughout the Atlanta Botanical Gardens are some ugly-as-sin mosaic sculptures. (And I saw more people taking pictures of the ugly sculptures than of the beautiful plants and flowers.) But in the gardens are also this fountain (Cox Fountain) and a similar yellow one hanging in the orchid house (Nepenthes Chandelier), both of which I quite like.

The glass sculptures are by Dale Chihuly. They seem to be left behind from a previous temporary exhibit of his work at the Gardens. Check out his website for pictures of the rest of the exhibit.

Columbine flower, originally uploaded by melmel80.

Columbine flower
Atlanta Botanical Gardens

white orchids, originally uploaded by melmel80.

white orchids at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens

purple and yellow orchids, originally uploaded by melmel80.

purple and yellow orchids at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens

pink flower, originally uploaded by melmel80.

Atlanta Botanical Gardens

fiddlehead ferns, originally uploaded by melmel80.

fiddlehead ferns at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens

azalea and the bee, originally uploaded by melmel80.

azalea and the bee

azaleas, originally uploaded by melmel80.

The azaleas have bloomed here in Atlanta.

otter, originally uploaded by melmel80.

Asian small-clawed otter
Atlanta Zoo

romp of otters, originally uploaded by melmel80.

A romp of Asian small-clawed otters at the Atlanta Zoo. (A group of otters is a romp, at least according to Wikipedia.)