Some pre trip sewing

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More road trip fun

Good friends and beach time. . .

(Georgetown, DC)
 

(Lambertville, NJ)
 
Exploring Seaweeds

Inspired from our latest favorite book The Wakame Gatherers by Holly Thompson

and a quick swim

(Rye, NY)

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A Spring day in DC

 

The much spoken about White House organic garden and beehives. (see the lettuce growing!)

 
Dandelion love! Speading the seeds of hope.

 
Cooling off at the WWII Memorial

More water play at the botanical garden:

A quick trip to the tropics!

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The makings of a great Road Trip…

The makings of a great Road Trip…
Some dolphin love (in Baltimore)

 

A whale skeleton

 
Feeding the electric eel

 
The sleeping two toed sloth. . . we saw it!

 
Top of the World Observation Center, Baltimore Inner Harbor

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Easter Egg Hunts and More. . .

This year the Easter bunny brought Zoe the book “Grow it, Cook it” by DK Publishing and in each Easter egg hidden out in the yard was hiding a seed package. There were carrot seeds and broccoli seeds, egg guords and basil, beets and sunflowers and a certificate for a strawberry journal. There was plenty of [...]

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A sneak preview…

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Butterflies

It seems that Spring has taken a detour, it was so cold this past week that we took a trip to the Butterfly Pavillion in order to feel the warm air.

Igor the Iguana or the dragon! received much attention and much fascination… He just loved posing for photos!

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Signs of Spring

“The April rain, the April rain,
Comes slanting down in fitful showers,
Then from the furrow shoots the grain,
And banks are fledged with nestling flowers;
And in grey shawl and woodland bowers
The cuckoo through the April rain
Calls once again.“

-  Mathilde Blind, April Rain    

Cattails and Pussy Willows

Magnolia Bud

This lovely little birds nest is our newest addition to this [...]

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