Imagination station

when you drive to the zoo without checking the forecast...

luckily there's an "imagination station" museum a short 10 minute drive from the zoo! rainy day turned out to be a great day after all.

Zoo

Feeding the giraffes

Yasmin's birthday, may 19th

Peer

Doodle

Garden overall

i never remember to take real "before" picture. at best i remember to take pictures at some point at the beginning of a project, in this case -- after we started digging out some of the plants in the old herb garden. 

these guys that we dug out (two types of basil, sage, and scallions) come back every year, and really thrive. 

creatures appear when you dig a hole in the garden. Ella made new roly poly friends. 

the survivor plants were placed in plastic bags for the duration of their home renovation. we put in a new box.

...filled it with some good gardening mix

and put the residents back in their home, approximately where they used to live.

lots of room for new plants, and maybe some vegetables this year!

to come: parsley, basil, arugula, cilantro; vegetables TBD. possibly tomatos. 

Beautiful