Monday, March 17, 2025

Madison

I spent 5 days in Madison, Wisconsin. This is a bike friendly town with Culver's restaurants every couple of miles. I went to the Olbrich Botanical Gardens where I saw this bird of paradise.

This canary was in the garden too.

Last year they had a wood carvers convention. This is one of the three carved statues. The carvers were from Poland, Germany and Switzerland.

This is an actual Thai temple with real gold.

One warm day I went to the Aldo Leopold nature center where I saw these sandhill cranes walking by. I also walked downtown Madison to see the capitol building and visit a modern art museum with a rooftop garden.

 

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