These are giant poppies we saw. They are so large, it was the size of softballs.
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This is the rose garden. Absolutely spectacular! Some roses were as big as my head!
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We saw some neat animals too, like this family of turtles.
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And in the pond were these giant Koi, some were even bigger than Dante!
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There is a birdie in this photo, can you see it?
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That was fun! The koi are so pretty, too bad I have so many wading, fishing water birds :)
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