Last week, we visited the Missouri Botanical Garden, and even though it was super early in the month, and only about two weeks since my last photo, I took this month’s picture of the Chinese Garden. Out of the four photographs I’ve taken this year, three of them have featured cloudy days…maybe we’ll see blue sky and sun again in May, but at least it’s starting to get really green at the garden, regardless of the weather!

Things are starting to get green in the Chinese Garden!

Sunday was another cloudy day at the Missouri Botanical Garden, but this time there was no fog, which gave me a much clearer view into the Chinese Garden:

Hey, remember when I used to photograph a landmark at the Missouri Botanical Garden every month for a full year? And then the pandemic happened, and I abandoned my photography project of the Ottoman Garden early in 2020. I decided to give it a go again in 2021, and I made it about halfway through the year when construction on the Ottoman Garden saw it close for months, and I had to give up again. Well, I’m back…not with the Ottoman Garden (I know they say the third time’s the charm, but I’m not willing to risk it), but with the Chinese Garden, which was the next spot on my list I was hoping to photograph.

I’m going to be upfront and say I don’t even know if I’ll be able to do this every month all year. Before we had children in college, and before Moose was in high school, it was much easier to find time every month to visit the Garden. And I really do want to get back into that habit, because we do have a membership, and because I like spending time outdoors, and because it’s so beautiful and different each time we’re there. But I can recognize my limits, and the limits of time, so if I don’t get there every month, I’m not going to sweat it. I’m going to do my best to photograph it as often as possible, though, and I’m looking forward to seeing how it changes through the seasons!