matthaei botanical gardens
March 29th, 2011 by clunis
Nora and I visited the Matthaei Botanical Gardens during spring break for a little no-cost fun. We learned that chocolate, bananas, and olives comes from trees and that vanilla comes from a flower. We tried very hard to fall into two separate koi ponds. We ate a picnic lunch in the lobby. We pretended to touch some cacti. We stomped on a translucent walkway. And we had a lovely pretend tea party at which, Nora informed me, her old friend Salomé was present. It was certainly nice to pretend to see Salomé again. It’s amazing how big we imagine her to have gotten.
[ as always, be sure to click on pictures ]
March 30th, 2011 at 5:26 am
Salome was too small to look through the kaleidoscope last time we were there :) Time flies.
March 30th, 2011 at 6:23 pm
What a great way to spend some of spring break! The gardens are beautiful.
March 30th, 2011 at 6:47 pm
and free! (for students and people Nora’s age)