June in the Dushanbe Botanical Garden

Today after church Lee and I went to the Botanical Gardens for a picnic. 

Since it’s Ramadan, it’s not very crowded. There are no wedding parties taking photos and there are many fewer families out. Still, there was a group of classmates celebrating the end of the school year:

  …friends enjoying each other’s company…

  …and families:

The foliage was green, some fragrant tree was perfuming the air, and there was a cool breeze—a welcome change from the recent temps in the high 90’s and the dusty wind from the south known here as “afghanitz.”