Tuesday, 12 March 2013

Botanic Gardens, The Lioness

"The Lioness" is one of two iron statues that guard the gate that leads to the Lion Gate Lodge, originally the home of the Head Gardener in the Royal Botanic Gardens. "The Lion" and "The Lioness" were presented to the Botanic Gardens in 1912 and restored in 1989. I featured its mate here last week.
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15 comments:

  1. Lois EvensenTuesday, 12 March 2013 at 01:51:00 GMT+11

    Lovely lady. :)

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  2. RandiTuesday, 12 March 2013 at 08:07:00 GMT+11

    What a lovely take of the Lioness!
    I wish I had this lade in my garden...

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  3. UnknownTuesday, 12 March 2013 at 08:12:00 GMT+11

    Great shot!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  4. Sylvia KTuesday, 12 March 2013 at 08:44:00 GMT+11

    A lovely lady she is indeed! Great shot, Jim! Have a good week!

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  5. islandwonderTuesday, 12 March 2013 at 09:58:00 GMT+11

    Very majestic lion.

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  6. eileeninmdTuesday, 12 March 2013 at 10:48:00 GMT+11

    Cool lioness! She look like a very good guard. Great shot!

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  7. Photo CacheTuesday, 12 March 2013 at 14:51:00 GMT+11

    very nice. i'm born under the sign of leo so this appeals to me a lot.

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  8. IndraniTuesday, 12 March 2013 at 15:43:00 GMT+11

    Great shot!

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  9. ArijaTuesday, 12 March 2013 at 19:14:00 GMT+11

    Why, oh why have I never seen these beautiful creatures? I've been in the gardens often enough. Next time I'll just have to find the head gardener's house.
    Thank you for making me aware of them.

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    1. JimTuesday, 12 March 2013 at 22:04:00 GMT+11

      There are a lot of hidden treasures in the gardens.

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  10. Stewart MTuesday, 12 March 2013 at 19:47:00 GMT+11

    Thats a nice cat! I think I can tell you are having similar weather to us!!

    Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne

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    1. JimWednesday, 13 March 2013 at 07:41:00 GMT+11

      We haven't been having the heatwave you're experiencing in Melbourne. We didn't have a great summer this year but now Autumn is like the summer we didn't have.

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  11. RajeshWednesday, 13 March 2013 at 00:04:00 GMT+11

    Wonderful sculpture of lion.

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  12. PerthDailyPhotoWednesday, 13 March 2013 at 01:46:00 GMT+11

    An impressive pair of felines Jim.

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  13. Kay L. DaviesWednesday, 13 March 2013 at 12:58:00 GMT+11

    She's lovely, Jim!
    K

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