More Spring pictures!

Ben saw the ants!

I don't know what they are, but they sure are pretty!

Aahh!

This is one of two churches on the Botanical garden grounds.

A view of the left bank from the lilac grove! Is there such a thing as a lilac grove? Perhaps it should be called lilac heaven!

There were a couple of trees that had lilac blooms. We sniffed all of them!

The "Iron Lady," or Mother as she is known locally, is the fourth largest statue in the world.
A wonderful shot of a magnolia bloom. Many of them were gone and those that were left were not in the greatest condition. However, Landon did a great job on this picture!

Three quarters of a family photo!

We all took time to stop and smell the lilacs!

Bee-u-ti-ful Spring Day!

Laura and Ben on a bench! You don't see Ben trying to pinch Laura's leg! True brother and sister!


Yesterday we took advantage of the gorgeous weather and went to the big botanical garden. When we were in Kyiv before we spent a lot of time at the garden walking anonymously among the trees. Some things have changed for the better and some things will never change. We were there with at least a quarter of the Ukrainian population (or so it seemed)! Our main goal was to see the lilacs, but they were not in full bloom yet. Next weekend we will go back for Mother's Day and hopefully all the lilac trees will be in bloom! Here are a couple of pictures. I will post more later.

This is the entrance view.

The Botanical Garden has some forest land too.

I was trying to hide in the lilacs!

This is my favorite view of Kyiv. There is a monastery in the background.