The house beyond the trees is part of Green Spring. It contains offices and I am not exactly sure for what. The visitor center is on the other side of the garden.
It has either been very rainy with thunderstorms or hot and humid weather so, with those elements to contend with, we haven't been on a lot of walks. We decided that even though it was going to get up to 92 degrees Fahreneit (33.333°C) yesterday, we would go out early and drive to Green Spring Gardens. The last time we were there was on April 15th. 
We have been to other places for our walks since then, but not in the last week. The following shows you what our weather is going to be like for the next 10 days, which included yesterday.
We didn't go on a very long walk because of the humidity. Consequently we didn't stay as long as we usually do. I might add that the garden was very quiet, and we only saw a handful of people walking around.
My main interest today was to take photos of flowers, the lotus in particular...
and was hoping for birdlife also.
We started off in the pond area, and only saw one female mallard. A few smaller birds flew around. We counted two turtles, but they bobbed their noses under the water as soon as we got a camera out.
Further along when we were going through the wood, we came across a family of deer. They were mostly obscured by trees, but we were happy to get this photo. We enjoyed them for a little while and it was enough to see these glimpses of them, with an occasional head bobbing up and eyes staring at us, before going back to their munching.
This is a path we take after we have looked at the pond area and walked through the wooded area I mentioned. You can't really tell but it's quite a steep hill...
and on each side the undergrowth can get quite tall.
I am keeping this short today as it's getting late, and I want to publish it for tomorrow (today). As you might guess I have more photos to share.
