Missouri Botanical Garden

The Chinese Garden–April

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!

2023-24 School Year–Week Twenty-Seven

It was quite a challenge to get right back to work following Easter, but we did plan a trip to the Missouri Botanical Garden in the middle of the week, which gave us a chance to enjoy the spring flowers (especially the tulips!) if not spring weather!

Ladybug worked with geometric sequences and series in pre-calculus. She read about the rise of the papacy around the time of Pope Leo I in religion. In health, she finished reading about bones and muscles. She did the final review and paper for Macbeth. She finished the chapter on Coulomb’s Law and the electric field in physics. In world history, she read about the rise of the Ming Dynasty in China.

Chickadee learned how to calculate percents in math. In history, she read about Copernicus and Galileo, and the contributions they made to modern science. We are almost done reading The Door in the Wall. In writing, she learned how to construct a two-level outline. She learned about antigens and antibodies in science.

The end of the school year is so close now…I’m hoping for lots of good opportunities for field trips to keep us going to the finish line!

Frozen Pond Stone

I’m a huge fan of pond stones, both in real life and in Animal Crossing, where I’ve collected every variety that is available in New Horizons. I especially like this pond stone in the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Japanese Garden, which I’ve photographed before. It was really cool to see it frozen over at our visit to the Garden a few weeks ago…the ice gives it a whole new look for winter!

Chickadee Thursday

On Sunday, we enjoyed a visit to the Orchid Show at the Missouri Botanical Garden, as well as a walk through the Linnean House, where we saw what I can only describe as a poinsettia tree!

The 2024 Orchid Show

It’s Orchid Show time at the Missouri Botanical Garden! I love seeing all of the beautiful flowers in bloom, and I especially love that even though we’ve gone to this event many, many times over the years we’ve had a membership, I always notice some new flowers!