water lily

 

This lily pond is not Monet's in Giverny, north-west of Paris, France but rather in the courtyard of Cactus Alley.

 

Cactus Alley

2610 Salem

Lubbock, Texas

by morning's early light

 

I visited some interesting backyards on today's pond tour sponsored by Lubbock Arboretum.  I wonder if the turnouts for open houses and garden tours are related to avocational interest or voyeurism?