Wednesday Walk around the Haskell gardens

This post if for Wednesday walk challenge And Make me Smile Collaboration challenge, initially our collaboration was once a month but due to the popularity of it we have decided to make the collab a weekly thing :)

Any questions about the challenge read the guide at the Bottom of the post ;)

I did actually get out for one walk in the past week and it was to the Haskell gardens here in new Bedford, it formally used to be a commercial gardens, but was taken over by an Organization who maintains it and keeps it open to the public for free

The thing there that catches my eye most is this colorful greenhouse,

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Its a nice area to stroll around especially at this time of year with the trees growing back to life and with colorful blossoms such as you see in this next phot

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As you may have guessed it was a grey and dull day, but it was the first day I felt enough energy to get out for a walk, and decided to head here as it is fairly small and I would not over do it walking about, although I may have over done it with all the photos I took :)

the flowers in the gardens had all sprung to life with their beautiful colors, I may do a post or two at some stage just focusing on the flowers

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it also has this nice green field under the trees are some benches one can sit and relax and enjoy the fresh air and surroundings

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the field from another angle

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and back in the garden area walking one of the paths

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and another path

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and some more flowers to finish off the post

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Weekly giveaway of shares

This week I am sending to the following who joined Wednesday Walk, for this week I did a random draw and the following each received some Hive @jerrytsuseer, @enginewitty, @xoxois, @jlinaresp and @misshugo

And @elizacheng will send to @suzana72

As @elizacheng and I collaborated with our Wednesday Walk and Make me Smile Challenges

And one person is randomly drawn who joins both challenges to receive one Hive from me and this week it is @TBA

Wednesday Walk is a challenge started by me, the idea is to get out for a short walk and get some shots of what you can see within a short distance of your home office or wherever you start. And this is my entry for this week, but first, let me explain the challenge.

This is my post for the Wednesday Walk challenge hosted by myself, let me first explain the guidelines

Try and get out once a week for a short walk, can be from your office, home or anywhere really and walk for a few blocks or a few minutes looking for things to get shots of.

Your walk does not have to be on a Wednesday I just ask if possible to share your walk photos on a Wednesday.

Try and get a few shots not just one

Add a bit of a write up about where you walked

Just one Wednesday Walk tagged post a week

You can look for anything in general or decide on one subject you want to get shots off.

Make a point of looking around and up and see what you can find to get shots of that otherwise you may miss

Do a post with the shots you get on a Wednesday and tag it with #wednesdaywalk, also if you happen to join, please leave a link to your post in a comment on this post and I will try and visit them all, especially if its not one of the first 5 tags or I may miss seeing it .

Following me and re-Hiving the post so more see it would be appreciated but isn't a rule just a suggestion.

I am not strict on these rules and hence why they are called guidelines and not rules

I will try and visit, and upvote all who take part in the Wednesday Walk.

Make me Smile Collaboration

As I mentioned above Wednesday Walk is collaborating with the [Make Me Smile] hosted by @elizacheng,

Here are the rules for her challenge

Your post can be writing, singing, video, poem,drawing, photography etc.... the most important part is your post Make me" smile, Remember, the ME is whoever read/view/listen to your post and this includes YOURSELF.
b. Your content must be ORIGINAL CONTENT
c. Please include at least 50 Words in your post