{Missouri} Blackwater, part 3

This is the third and last set of photos from our Mother's Day trip to Blackwater. It was an adorable little town filled with beautiful flowers, the lovely water garden, and great character in its old buildings. 

Lovely purple iris.

Old fashion phone booth with Daddy.

Inside the tiny jail cell.

Blurry but she thought the tiny jail cell was fun. I thought it was creepy and wouldn't go in.

One of the buildings, sandwiched between two buildings still open along it's main street had been completely gutted except the front and back walls. The following two photos are of the back side, where the doorway is centered on the building and there were two windows, one on both sides. The vines and plants had taken over and someone had been working on this place, making a great garden. In the very back of the lots sat a small sitting area. Other than the boxwoods (hate them, they smell horrible!), the place was perfect.

Beautiful old building.

Old window area

Laclede gas bricks that lined the walkway.

Strolling through the garden with Papa behind her.

{Missouri} Blackwater, part 2

Gorgeous iris

Babby, Lily and Papa checking out the fish pond.

Pretty pink peony.

Hard to get a photo when she's on the run all the time!

Sweetness

Cheesin' it up for me.

{Missouri} Blackwater, part 1

For Mother's Day we went to a small town that far from us for a delicious brunch. Afterwards, we walked around on their grounds and then explored the little downtown area. Behind the hotel, where brunch was, was a beautiful little garden area.


She used to be so good about looking at the camera for pictures. Now she's a super busy almost 3 year old!

Three generations.

Playing with Papa.

One of many pretty flowers.

Pretty plants. I love going to local gardens as they give me so many ideas for my own garden!

Happiness.

After exploring the garden, we checked out their main street. One of the buildings was set up to showcase how the building used to be (or could have been) and was a bar. I didn't take many photos of the whole place, but a few signs caught my attention.

One of the signs that was in the saloon.

My favorite of the two signs that hung in the saloon.

Right inside the real doors, were old saloon style doors that were on hinges. Lily wasn't so sure about them but thought that it was fun to walk underneath them.

She thought the door was just right for climbing under.

And so she did it.

While walking around, we saw a sign for a water garden so we had to check it out. It was a raised water pond with lots of goldfish in it. Lily enjoyed the water and fish. It runs in the family! 

Checking out the fish in the water garden.