Santa Claus House

Today we got caught up on our chores.  Yes, we still have to do cleaning, washing, laundry, and grocery shopping but, the rest of the day was fun.

First we went to Santa Claus House. It has the most Christmas decorations, ornaments, clothing, and other "must haves" for the holidays.  We met Santa who really must be the real McCoy because he was round and jolly and had a full white beard.  We picked up a few items to begin the season early.


After the visit with Santa we toured the Georgeson Botanical Garden.  It has a wide variety of gardens including an edibles garden, a peony patch, a dye garden, and children's garden.  The edibles garden already had huge cabbages which were not fully grown.




We also enjoyed the Lupine,  It is a tall spiky flower that is similar to the sweet pea plant.  You can often see this plant growing wild along the roadside.

And the Lillies were spectacular.  WOW!!