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Friday, June 10, 2016

Summer of '16

Yoga in the park with Graham.

 Cousins, one year apart.

Who doesn't like, "If You Give A Dog A Donut?"


 Spencer's summer of 2016.
A double buckle break in his wrist the first evening he arrived!

 We went to Gail's to celebrate Mom's 87th birthday.





 Ceci and great grandma



 Four generations.
Mom, Evie, Ceci, Denise


Another day of our vacation was spent at Reiman Gardens.

 Graham & Dane beside Iowa State mascot Cy.

So stylish!



The show is titled 
“Nature Connects” 
and is part of the garden’s 2012 Some Assembly Required theme.
Thirteen new, nature-inspired sculptures made from 500,000 LEGO bricks will reside at
 Reiman Gardens April 23 through Oct. 31
 during the gardens' second "Nature Connects" exhibition. 

The first show, featuring 27 sculptures, debuted in 2012.


The boys did see this exhibit in 2012.


 Hanging Corn Spider
I remember many of these during my childhood days on the farm.
We called them garden trappers.
They spun webs in the corn fields and gardens.
This spider scared the little ones.  They did not want to walk under it.
Yikes!


Created by artist Sean Kenney, the colorful sculptures reflect the gardens' 2016 theme, 
"Color," and generally range in size from three to eight feet. Sculptures include:

Birdbath with Birds, Bees, Squirrel 
Bonsai Tree 
Corn Spider 
Galapagos Tortoise with Darwin Finch 
Gardener and Grandchild 
Herd of Deer 
Hummingbird on Trumpet Flower 
Monarch Butterfly on Milkweed 
Pansy Bloom with Bee 
Peacock 
Photo Opportunity Face Cut-out Mosaic 
Roseate Skimmer Dragonfly 
Wheelbarrow with Tools



 Lego dragonfly



 Lego Wheelbarrow

World's Largest Concrete Gnome










Here I am, gardening.
But where are my grandchildren?





Spencer is patiently waiting for a butterfly to alight on his hand at 
the Reiman Garden Butterfly House.




We had a busy day... and yes, it was a hot one!

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