Ever since I read Queen of the Night book by J.A. Jance, I have wanted to visit Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens. I finally got my wish when we stayed out at Catalina State Park again this year. Tohono Chul is about a 10 minute drive from the park, so we opted for a ladies afternoon out. The guys were glad they weren't invited and stayed behind to do "manly things".
The garden has numerous metal sculptures located in different spots along the way. The one I like the best was this huge metal horse surrounded by a circular stone wall and cacti.
What's going on here? Doris is oblivious to the fact that is Sandy looking under the tail end of the horse and Sherry standing at attention!
Even at this time of the year, walking around the garden was enjoyable. The original house was built in the 1940's or 50's and was occupied by different families. In 1985 , the house and land were formally dedicated as Tohono Chul Park.
This was one huge horned toad sculpture!
Sandy, Sherry and Doris look over the twisted shape of the tree that made its way across the boulder before shooting upwards.
The sign said this was a sculpture of a mule deer, but the face sure looks more like an aardvark. See what I mean? Maybe the artist was thinking of both animals when he started in on this project.
Several times we had to stop and look at the map to find where we were at. I think it was Sandy who figured it out and got us back on the path to the entrance.
Of course, for us ladies, no visit is complete with a stop at the gift shop! If the guys had been along with us, they would have been sitting outside while we browsed and gabbed and then browsed and gabbed some more.
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