Fw: [MC74 and Friends] Theme of the Week - Guess what?

Dear Kiu, MC, BT, TC, and Tuan,

Thank you all for your encouraging words. Mr. Kiu, you have such a way with words that I'm sometimes amazed at how you find so many ways to describe seemingly simple pictures and express your emotion/reaction to them. When I'm at a loss for words, can I borrow some from you :-)? BT, pray tell what's the prize for effort and persistence?

Tuan, thank you for sharing the gorgeous pictures of azaleas and camelias from your yard. The red camellias contrasted against the white column are a feast for the eyes, and the picture is going into my Favorites folder! I can see you're a loving gardener by the state of your beautifully tended garden. I love gardening too but my yard is showing the ravages of the harsh winter we just had, with its ice and wet snow storms inflicting severe damage to our dogwood and crepe myrtle trees. It's discouraging and disheartening to see how many trees will have to be replaced! 

The pictures I sent were of hyancinths and forsythias. I love tulips but can't have any as they are devoured by the hordes of voracious deer living in the woods surrounding our property. Our azaleas are hit-or-miss each year, some years they get to bloom and others the deer eat them bare. There seem to be no real deer-proof plants, except maybe daffodils and irises which the deer inexplicably stay away from, and  hyancinths, roses, and lilacs because of their fragrance.  

So as not to be a laggard yet again, I'm submitting a couple of entries for the Guess What theme. You all can guess the name of any of the landmarks in the first picture, and in the second, the statue location and name of the author. If they prove to be too easy, I promise I have others that are weirder and harder to decipher.

Trang

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