Plant Life

This weekend's adventure was... the Arboretum!

Which we explored with my brother's family!

Who, incidentally, just got a new pup, a chihuahua/dachshund mix. Who's itty bitty and incredibly soft and cuddly.

And hid in a purse the whole trip.

Sean and I are smitten.

The kiddos struck a pose for me.

So did my family... but in a less dramatic way.

I was there too!

Ok, onto the non-human subject matter.

Being this early in the year, they hadn't planted anything new, so there was a bit of leftover decay.

But there's a certain beauty in decay, is there not?

And it also reveals the freak-show side of plant life, like this medusa tree thing.

Still, there was plenty of beautiful greenery.

Plus there were the lovely manmade items, like a little maze, birdhouses, fountains, and wind chimes.

Which reminded me that I'm so glad the neighbor's wind chimes mysteriously disappeared. I swear I had nothing to do with it. I swear.

Let's not talk about that anymore- look, a leaf!

Hey, there ARE some flowers!

Can anyone spot something interesting in this photo? No, not the lady bug. Look right smack dab into the center of the photo.

I have no idea how my niece spotted this. I'm impressed.

Very... purpley!

Very... greeny!

Mm, so many petals.

Water: it's the ...bread... of life.

Something like that.

A weed never looked so good.

Liam provided entertainment by grabbing a little bamboo shoot and twanging it around. Dash giggled and giggled.

Dash entertained us with his faces.

Well, he entertained everyone except his brother:

I at least thought it was funny.