One of the things I like to do when I go to California is to go to botanical gardens (luckily, wormie enjoys that, too). I like seeing plants I don't usually get to see. Right now, these count:

Granted, very similar ones will appear in my garden soon, but right now they remind me that, despite the covering of snow and ice on my car, one day spring will come again.

And while it's supremely boring to those who live in warmer climes, I just love seeing citrus trees all full of fruit.

To me, terribly exotic. To them, something you find in the backyard. :)