The South Beach Botanic Garden is located not far from my son's family. They love it, so I gift them with a family membership each year.
They had a butterfly exhibit there while I was visiting. Most places now have areas designed for photos. We should all be butterflies!
Not many people were lucky enough to be the landing spot for a butterfly.
This was as close as I got, but it was still fine by me.
They have lovely flowers, an entire bleeding heart garden, and a stunning rose garden, but I find myself attracted to the Cactus garden.
They were in flower, which was really cool to see.
We had some terrific food. Here my DGG is taking a picture of my son and DIL.
While there I read
Haroun and the Sea of Stories **** to my DGD. I really didn't need to. She is able to read very well. Once I stopped to take a drink of water, and when I tried to find my place to resume reading, she pointed it right out to me! It's a fun book, and when we got to the end of one chapter and she said, "Do we have to stop? Can you please keep reading?" I knew she liked the book as much as I do.
It's always fun to see quilts I made a long time ago. This is the Petals quilt I made in 2015. I slept under the Dinosaur quilt!
Before I left, I set up my DGD's iPad so she could FaceTime with me with just the push of a button. As you can see she is getting tall. She'll be nine next week, and I'm pretty sure that the next time I see her she'll be taller than me.
I had a grand time.
**** this from Amazon about the book:
Immediately forget any preconceptions you may have about Salman Rushdie and the controversy that has swirled around his million-dollar head. You should instead know that he is one of the best contemporary writers of fables and parables, from any culture. Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a delightful tale about a storyteller who loses his skill and a struggle against mysterious forces attempting to block the seas of inspiration from which all stories are derived.
“This is, simply put, a book for anyone who loves a good story. It’s also a work of literary genius.” —Stephen King
A good book for all ages. I have some that are definitely for younger readers but the illustrations are so delicate and intricate and done with maybe even adult readers in mind. Taller than you, both ours are taller than me but at 153cm, that would not be hard to do.At least, that is what the hospital measuring said !!!5 feet and 1/4 inches, guess even the 1/4 inch is so important if you are a quilter!!!
ReplyDeleteNINE? How on earth has that much time passed??? Holy Moly. Have the best time with her online. What a Blessing in this era! :-)
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