Part 1

I love gardens. I love plants. Today we went to the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. There are several gardens with different themes—109 acres of them. Wow. We made it to most of them. Here are a few images:



This raised walk was like walking through a forest. You can talk to one another through these tubes that run up and down the walkway.


Below: We are sitting at the base of a hollow, burnt out pecan tree. It's about 200 years old. Near it is a spring that was the source of water for American Indians and early pioneers. The pecan tree was named the state tree of Texas in 1919.



Below: water gardens with several Elephant Ear plants, some of my favorites (in the right setting . . . I have learned a porch is NOT the right setting for such a huge plant.)
End of part one. There were a couple of gardens we couldn't get into without cash. We will be returning with a full report of part two sometime soon.

Lake Tawakoni (But Not Really)

We went camping with Adam's family over the weekend. Friday evening we arrived and put up our tents and proceeded to cook dinner, play horse shoes, build fires . . . you know, camping stuff. Later that night we watched a slide show of old photographs from the Moon side.

(Dayne—brother-in-law)

The next day we had breakfast . . . (Mom and Dad Moon)

. . . and smores (Leilani)

(Adam's youngest brother, Jordan.)

And then after breakfast—it rained. Good and hard. After escaping the rain and huddling under this canopy, we decided to end the day at Larissa's house. We never made it to the lake.

But still—it was a great 18 hours!

Speedy

. . . if only I could unpack this fast in real life!

I struggle with imovie (not enough control) so . . . er . . . yeah.
(California Zenks, no worries . . . I'm sending this video along with others in the mail sometime in the next few weeks.)

Music via www.karaoke-version.com, Alfie Original lyrics and score by Lilly Allen.

Yes, We're In

We're all moved. Everything went great. Adam's brothers and Dad (and you too Korina) saved us from having to do it by ourselves!

We're almost unpacked and when we are, I'll put up more details.