Good bye weekend

Saturday night I got to experience something unique.  It was bloom night at Tohono Chul Park.  One night only during the year, the Queen of the Night blooms.  We only had a few hours notice that 6/23 would be the night.  It was wonderful to see in person.  I got there around 6 pm when they started the activities.  The parking lot was only 1/4 full.  I took some before pictures of the flowers still closed.  As the night went on they all started to open up.  The more they opened the more fragrant they became.  I left around 9:30 pm and by then people were parking in undesignated parking spaces.  The event ended at midnight.  Then they also allowed visitors to return at 6:30 the next morning to see the flowers once more before they wilted in the daylight.