A Day At the Olbrich Botanical Garden

We stopped by the Olbrich Botanical during a recent visit to Madison. Botanical gardens never stop interesting us because they are forever changing places.

While nothing really shouts out "spring" at this moment, the colors in the garden are very rich, with leaves turning yellow and red and flower petals, although dead, staying on the branches. It is like their beautiful lives were frozen by the winter and thus preserved during this long cold season, but full of energy, just waiting for the right moment to burst out their new lives.

It was a cool day so I pulled out my fun two-layered corduroy hooded jacket. I matched my A&F plaided woolen skirt with my beloved Adidas sneakers, a real steal I got from an Adidas tent sale with unbeatable price.

Purple Plaided Sweater

I am putting on a romantic purple color for the Valentine's post. This sweater was bought when I was shopping with my dearest cousin Danwa when I went back to visit hometown Sichuan in 2007. The bright color and plaid pattern stroke me first, and then the buttoned stand-up collar and asymmetric dolman-sleeved body design. We ended up each bought one so we could have one more addition to our “sister's matching outfit”.

However, during these years, I only wore this very few times due to the cute but inconvenient dolman sleeves: whenever I raise my arms (even if just lightly), my belly button will come out LOL!