Standing Into Danger: The Bellagio Conservatory

Friday, September 13, 2024

A Place of Beauty

When I'm in Las Vegas, I jump at a chance to visit the Bellagio on the Strip.

From its famous dancing fountains,

to its spectacular lobby with its magnificent Chihuly glass installation,

to its breathtaking Cirque du Soleil production of "O,"

to its 27-foot-tall fountain of of flowing chocolate,

the Bellagio is a feast for all your senses, a must visit on the Strip.

What I especially love is visiting the Bellagio Conservatory

and running amok with my iPhone camera.

The Bellagio Conservatory

Terry (middle right) has already left me in the dust.

Las Vegas, Nevada USA

September 5, 2024

Vibrant Mums and Kalanchoe

Visitors Enjoying the Conservatory

The conservatory is a 14,000-square-foot botanical garden created and cared for

by 120 gardeners and teams of designers, engineers, and electricians.

Throughout the year the conservatory features displays for Spring, Summer,

Fall, and Winter, as well as one for the Lunar New Year. Source

I was fortunate to catch this year's summer display with its Higher Love theme.

15,000 to 18,000 visitors ramble through the gardens each day,

walking under its 50-foot-high skylight and

past its four flower beds, fountains, and koi pond.

Higher Love uses over 22,000 potted plants and live trees.

The balloons in the north and south beds

contain 75,000 preserved flowers and floral pieces,

and the mimosa tree sports 35,000 blooming orchids and yellow mimosas. Source

A frog sits under the mimosa tree and by a pool of water.

One of the Flower-covered Balloons

The Koi Pond

Visitors Enjoying the Sights

Including Me!

I love flowers, and I drank in the beauty of flowers large and small, real and crafted.

Yellow Calla Lilies

A Giant Rose

Kalanchoe Flowers Cascading Down Rocks

Butterflies and Flowers

Beautifully Crafted Roses on a Balloon

Musical Cherubs Adorning a Fountain

Two texts interrupt me as I continue to wander.

"I'm at a table just beyond chocolate fountain.

Let's get a sandwich here where it's comfortable.

I'm saving you a seat," quickly followed by,

"I'm hungry! Can you move it along, please. 🙏🏼"

Okay! Time to say goodbye to the Bellagio Conservatory,

reluctantly, guiltily.

My Patient Husband

The Base of the Chocolate Fountain

I'm linking to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date,

Tom's Aloha Friday, and Nicole's Friday Face Off.

For Rain: Bugs Bunny ~ A Friz Freleng Original

Public Nuisance No. 1

In a Store at the Venetian

Las Vegas, Nevada USA

September 5, 202

For Tom: The Spirit of Aloha

Waiting in the Shade Behind a Bus Stand, 110º F or 43º C

An amazingly kind woman brought me cold, wet paper towels to cool down with.

Outside the Cosmo, Las Vegas

September 5, 2024

For Nicole: Patient Face

A Service Dog in Training

The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas

September 5, 2024

Have a great weekend!

Till next time ~

Fundy Blue

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"Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir
"Tell Me Everything" by Elizabeth Strout
"The Covenant of Water" by Abraham Verghese
"The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity" by David Graeber and David Wengrow
"The Life Impossible" by Matthew Haig
"The Lord go the Rings" by JRR Tolkien
"The Match" by Harlan Corben
"The Night the Path Disappeared" by Terri Bergen
"The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper" by Roland Allen
"Theo of Golden" by Allen Levi
"Think Twice" by Harlan Corben
"Why Christianity Must Change Or Die" by John Shelby Spong

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A Place of Beauty

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