Hello everyone and welcome to part 16 of “Rochester, NY – Our Back Yard” in our continuing exploration around our home town.
Today while out and about we visited Highland Park. Some of you may have heard of this place which is part of the Frederick Law Olmsted park system of which countless parks across United States and Canada bear his name.
Highland Park is a beautiful 150-acre park and perhaps best known for the annual Lilac Festival in May and features over 1,200 lilac shrubs representing over 500 varieties woody plants including Japanese maples, sweet-smelling magnolias, selections of shrubs including barberries, azaleas, mountain laurel, Andromeda, and 700 varieties of rhododendron and a pansy bed with 10,000 plants, designed into an oval floral “carpet” with a pattern that changes each year. The park contains many memorials including The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Workers’ Memorial, Victims’ Rights Memorial, and the AIDS Remembrance Garden.
If you would like to see other beautiful places we explored in the Rochester, NY area just hover and click here “Rochester, NY – Our Back Yard Part 14” and you will be whisked to our last post which will contain links to all the areas we have shared.
Thank you again for visiting and being along with us to see USA Through Our Eyes.
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Thanks so much for your wishes! And it’s very kind of you to pass the opportunity to our fellow bloggers. I’d appreciate that, however, I am happy that I nominated you as your blog is something that really unique and powerful😊 I am delighted I am part of your community as well and looking forward to get to know more about you and your blog! Likewise thanks for providing continuous support by reading through my posts and leaving your opinions!
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Beautiful flowers 🙂 Love all those pictures!!
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Many Thanks!
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So true.
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Kindness personified!
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Emma sure does believe everyone is there to give her lovings. Its fun watching how peoples voices become giddy and soften as they kneel along side to pet her. All the while Emma seems to be smiling as her tail is a wagging.
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There’s Emma, being her friendly self! 🙂
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Thank you Cristina. It was a beautiful day in the park.
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Beautiful collection of images ! 🙂
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Thank you. We sure will.
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🙂
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Thank you Anne. Yes it is finally arriving. As you know what a contrast from in the North to the South.
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Thank you Christina for noting this. Yes it is a wonderful place to wonder and enjoy the beauty of the flowers and trees and little critters scurrying around. You would like it.
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You’re very welcome! Thank you for sharing your experiences 🙂
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Lovely photos. Spring is springing in your photos.
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What a beautiful park!! Everyone looks like they’re having a wonderful time! 🙂
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Thanks Karen. We just love our visits to the parks. So many wonderful folks to greet and meet.
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Amen!! :):)
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These are beautiful pictures.
And it’s nice to see that there are places like this of remembrance. 💖
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Thank you. It is so fun to sit back as you often do and capture images of people going about life.
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Yes it sure is. It is a huge park and places for people to nestle in and relax and plenty of hills to tucker the kids out.
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Thank you for your kind words. It is always so nice when we hear such wonderful comments.
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Nice photos! I love the street photography feel to these images.
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Thank you Camie.
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Thank you so much Margaret for your lifting words of kindness. We just love flowers and glad we finally realized the importance of stopping to smell them and examine their exquisite beauty which God created for us to admire.
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Thank you. We waited a long time to get them. Winter sure was a long one but spring came as it always does.
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The park is certainly abloom and abuzz with children!
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How beautiful 🙂 What a wonderful place 🙂
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Lovely photos.
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Oh my goodness, with all those beautiful flowers this has to be a blessing to behold all year round! I need to get out in the world more 🙂 But until then thank you for sharing your trips. I know, I say it all the time but it is really a blessing :):)
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Beautiful flowers!
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