A Saturday with My Beautiful Mother!

This past Saturday Mom and I woke up early to head to Birmingham to visit the Birmingham Botanical Garden and the Vulcan Park since neither of us had ever been. We just so happened to pick the hottest day of the year....or at least if felt like it! Thankfully my mom, being the cute Southern woman that she is, keeps hand fans in her car so that made if feel about 98 degrees outside instead of 110!



This picture is by the entrance to the Southern Living Garden.

We then headed to the Cheesecake Factory for lunch (yum) and then the Vulcan Park!! Sidenote to those who are slightly fearful of heights: DO NOT GO TO THE TOP!!!! I didn't realize that until we got to the top and I definitely wasn't about to waste the $12 Mom paid to get us there.

This would be where I spent the majority of my time...in the landing across from the elevator. The floor connecting the two and that went around the vulcan was a see-through metal grate....making it all the more terrifying.

Another reason why I didn't spend much time on the metal grate floor that seemed like it was 10,000 feet above the concrete ground--the guy who took this. No offense, but he wasn't the most fit guy so standing on the floor next to him was nerve-wracking!

This would be Mom standing on the metal grate floor. Isn't she the most beautiful Mom you've ever seen?! Even after sweating off 10 pounds in the gardens she still looks gorgeous!