Saturday, June 15, 2024

14 June 2024 Copenhagen: A Sunny Day at the Kings Garden

 


The sun!  Bright, warm, big and yellow in the sky, we welcome you to Denmark, oh great and wonderful sun.  A good day to visit some gardens.  We started at the botanical gardens but they are undergoing major renovations so we walked over to the adjacent Kings Garden.  This very large space is more of a park with gardens planted inside it.  There is also a castle with a moat, it is expansive. We walked, looked at flowers and sat on benches in the sun.  We saw multiple dogs and tours going by we even saw a wedding party taking pictures in this beautiful setting.   


Two lions taking down a boar


The election was last week and these all need to be down in another day or two.  We noted the name "Mads Strange" a bit unusual


Lots of folks wee out in the park 


Bronzes grace the path in the botanical gardens


These vines will soon cover the entire structure to make this a fine shaded walk


The lilies are loving this spot


Baby moorhen 


Adult


Good place for a baby bird


Cropped out of this photo is the huge fence that runs all through the park


Looking back towards the bridge


Flowers in the water


Flowers in the rocks


Bunches of flowers


It was best to keep the oil lamps away from the buildings


The entrance to Kings Garden


Very detailed


Sometimes I wonder why the artists do no take into account how the piece will weather.  Clearly his park has caused water to flow over his forehead leaving the whote line


The map of the park


One entire length of the park is planted with flowers


Mauve-alous


The bees were all over this flower


An odd post topper


A great tit was singing away


The flag is flying


Jackdaw!


A forest of purple blooms


A painted building off in the distance


Blue anyone?


The tree lined paths were exceptional


Male bathroom


Female bathroom


I know my keys are in here somewhere!


Magpie


Duck, duck


Goose


Ryan Gosling


No boats in the moats


It was too nice to spend the day inside but we will be back to poke around inside this castle


Must get the train just right


Still working on it!


Cute corgi!


None shall enter!


Another flower garden


Red roses


Yellow ones too


More planted walk ways


The lions in these parts are very hungry


The gate at this end of the park was manned by soldiers


It is good to be the King


Milepost?


It has been 2 years and 9 days since we began our Migration