Round 15 !

I'm so excited!  I've been able to get round 15 done.  It's quite the bugger and very slow going (for me).  I've even started round 16 and since I'm vacationing and doing something so different from my real life, I may be able to finish it too before Thursday. (haha!!)

These are a few pictures I took today in Birmingham's beautiful Botanical Gardens.  I am continually surprised by the plants which will grow in England versus Minnesota.  After all, England is considerably more northern than Minnesota.

What is this flower?  It's huge and wonderful (and unlabeled.)

And just in case you weren't feeling very lucky today, imagine you are my neighbor who came home from the cabin to this.

We had a terrible storm a few weeks ago and even though our car was parked on the street on the opposite side, nothing happened to ours- (thank goodness!)

I've left my Martha Ess book at home so I'm not sure what Fox means to tackle the white flower.  I could try Muskaan's idea.  But first, round 16!