I suppose it will come as no surprise to anyone that the boys are VERY into flowers this summer. Not only are they genetically predisposed to it, but we just spent the last 4 weeks of our Spring Semester talking about, planting, and growing flowers. So it's no small wonder that they have to stop and examine and discuss every flower that they come across on our morning walk. These photos are from yesterday's walk.
They also insist on looking for flower fairies amongst the stems and petals, which always makes me smile. They were even insisting that there MUST be a Poison Ivy fairy as well. Could very well be. His name is probably "Itchy". (No poison ivy in this photo, but there's certainly no lack of it along our walking route.)
We also paid a visit on this bold little red squirrel, who didn't seem bothered enough by us to stop her breakfast. There were actually two of them hanging around on these grape vines, but the other one retreated to a safe perch at the top of a nearby apple tree and scolded us thoroughly while we watched his companion enjoying her feast.
The bulk of our walk was occupied with a game that Zoo Boy made up -- we had to name a flower for each letter of the alphabet. Not only did we manage to do it, but in most cases we were EACH able to come up with a different flower. We were passing these Day Lilies right at the time we were on the letter "L", which helped me out with my choice! (Zoo Boy chose Lilac, and J selected Lavender, which led to a round of "Lavender's Blue, Dilly Dilly".)
I'm looking forward to a summer full of marveling at the splendor of nature's palette with the boys, along the roadways, in our gardens, and in various parks and woodlands.
I suppose it will come as no surprise to anyone that the boys are VERY into flowers this summer. Not only are they genetically predisposed to it, but we just spent the last 4 weeks of our Spring Semester talking about, planting, and growing flowers. So it's no small wonder that they have to stop and examine and discuss every flower that they come across on our morning walk. These photos are from yesterday's walk.
They also insist on looking for flower fairies amongst the stems and petals, which always makes me smile. They were even insisting that there MUST be a Poison Ivy fairy as well. Could very well be. His name is probably "Itchy". (No poison ivy in this photo, but there's certainly no lack of it along our walking route.)
We also paid a visit on this bold little red squirrel, who didn't seem bothered enough by us to stop her breakfast. There were actually two of them hanging around on these grape vines, but the other one retreated to a safe perch at the top of a nearby apple tree and scolded us thoroughly while we watched his companion enjoying her feast.
The bulk of our walk was occupied with a game that Zoo Boy made up -- we had to name a flower for each letter of the alphabet. Not only did we manage to do it, but in most cases we were EACH able to come up with a different flower. We were passing these Day Lilies right at the time we were on the letter "L", which helped me out with my choice! (Zoo Boy chose Lilac, and J selected Lavender, which led to a round of "Lavender's Blue, Dilly Dilly".)
I'm looking forward to a summer full of marveling at the splendor of nature's palette with the boys, along the roadways, in our gardens, and in various parks and woodlands.
1 comment:
that must have been a nice walk.
arlene,
East Bremerton florist
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