woke up to the sun shining

woke up this mornin to Get Right Back by Army Navy. in fact here's a view of my recently played itunes playlist:


in the afternoon me and mom went to Cypress Gardens which i had no idea wasnt too far from our house, pretty peaceful and pretty place =]


we ate our lunch there.

then walked around before a boat tour... mom showed me this garden where there are butterflies flying all around.

i saw this sign on the way in.


what better way is there to make me do something? by telling me NOT to do it

hundreds of butterflies flying all around...


and some fish


thanks mr smith for the beautiful koi. and there were a lot of flowers...


then we went to the swamparium...whats up


and this guy was a pretty big fella:


haha uh no...i wont be tapping on the glass, thanks, some parseltongue may trap me.

hehe no harrassing the alligators now


then off to the boat tour...mom wouldnt let us do a self guided one...she didnt think we could handle paddling ourselves around. i beg to differ.


very enjoyable ride =]

and this pillar is a prop left over from The Patriot with Mel Gibson, likewise this bridge

i didnt know a lot of movies were filmed here, like Cold Mountain and The Notebook.

this is the place where he launched the boat and all the swans came around the boat.

The director wanted to leave the boat they used to the gardens but when they shot the end of the scene in johns island, someone snuck onto the set and stole the boat. so the director had a boat built just liked it to donate. Cypress Gardens reserves the boat to taking brides out only though.

and that is how my afternoon went...dinner time then study time. for more pics of the gardens look on my facebook...if you're friends with me on facebook that is. hope you are, if not, you're missing out!