Here are some pictures I took last weekend of the Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Columbia.

It's so tropical!

Delicate white flowers

Plants in Tubes? How tubular!

A little place to go hide in.

Pinky goes punky!

A pretty stream of water.

Perfect palms

A silver fish.

What's this cow doing in the South?

G'day, he's a cute lil bloke, aye?

Crabby long legs

Blue bubba bird.

bear hug

Angelfish

Alley the alligator is an ole stick on the head.

These are photos of our rental house in South Carolina. They are mostly outdoor shots and plants. I hope to show more inside photos when we get the house settled more. I will also post new photos of Columbia when we have a camera with us the next time we go exploring. Enjoy!

The front door

Front porch

Come inside....there's my new hanging plant

Main hallway...that's the front door to the left.

Family room w/blurry couches...door at right goes to hall & kitchen

Chair and new lamp...see part of front hallway

Stairs...right now your back would be at the front door

Hall bathroom...back to front door again

My view of screen-in porch....kitchen sink is below this

Our frig....and no it's not stainless steel...it just looks like it

Kitchen showing garage door and evil dishwasher

Looking out of the dining (game) room window

Screen-in porch....that's mom's old bench

Outside looking at the lovely grass...I mean, what grass!

Looking up the stairs of the porch

Crazy tree from the front yard

Backyard piles...wanna help rake some?

Pretty backyard...when you do some photo cropping

What is it?...our ground! Is it soil, is it grass, is it sand?

What are these cacti doing here?...growing

Bird nest? Nope...just a pile of pain...I mean pine

Pinecones! Guess what is going in your Christmas stocking this year!

Baby fern

Mother of millions....we sure hope so

Acuba....guess who made the cool planters box

Monkey Grass...and it's supposed to be fun!

Amazing plant from cantaloupe seeds...can you say trash garden?

A palm-like tree for the palm-like state