While Philip and Allison were here visiting we went with them and my mom to Red Butte Garden. All the daffodils we'd seen a few weeks earlier:
were gone, but so many other things had come out instead! It was beautiful. You can see in these two pictures below how much things change in just a few weeks:
mid-May
early June
It feels so great to be outside finally! It was kind of chilly while the sun was behind clouds, but still nice enough to feel like Spring. I'm afraid Spring is going to get shortchanged again this year, but we're enjoying what we can of it.
In a house
Juni looking interested and serene
We saw lots of of squirrels and birds, and even a bunny! Malachi loves them all so much---he talks to them just like people. "Hi, Little Birdie! Come over here! I want to give you a hug!" I keep telling him that birds are too scared of people to allow hugs, but he just can't accept it. "But why are they scared of ME? I'M not going to hurt them!" It makes him so sad. This time, when we got home from the garden and were getting the kids ready for bed, Ky came into the bathroom with tears in his eyes. Sam asked him what was the matter and he said, "I just WANTED that bunny to come home and LIVE with us!" It was the saddest thing. Sam had to go on and on about how happy the bunny was, how it had a little home with other bunnies and they all snuggled together, etc., to cheer Ky up again. And even then he said, a little sadly as we tucked him in, "I wish WE had a bunny home like that."
The friendly bunny. He hopped right up near us and looked at us for awhile before hopping away. "He loves me!" Malachi said happily. And was then extra sad when the bunny departed.
Pink dogwood---so pretty!
I love this tunnel of trees!
3 comments:
Oh, Ky, I will give you the first bunny I can catch!
Your beautiful pictures remind me so much of Stourhead Garden--do you remember going there? I loved those flowering trees in England. St. George gardens are just not the same--far too desert-y! I am jealous of this Red Butte garden of yours.
It used to be *our* Red Butte Garden, my dear.
Some causes can become warped, twisted . . . like some men!
Yes, I loved Stourhead so much! I had forgotten about it. And Kew Gardens, too, remember? Didn't we have a lot of trouble finding a train back from there? Was I with you that day?
What is it about Ky? I just can't get enough of that darling little man!
I wonder if Juniper gets her serene demeanor from your mom? Your mom is one of the most calming people I know.
wv: drosesed. Is that the word I should be using for the 4th outfit my kid puts on in one day? "Sophie is finally drosesed"
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