Gaston, our puppy, and I had gone to drop off Oldest at school yesterday morning. When we dropped off Youngest an hour prior, it had been super foggy. So foggy that Oldest, who was in the car, told me that it reminded him of a horror movie. He was expecting some tentacles to drop out of the sky.
Since the drive to Oldest’s school is country roads, we opted to wait a little bit before driving him to school. Once we got to his school, the sky had changed from super foggy to a glorious blue sky.
Gaston had seen a duck once before from a distance. However, this was the first time he saw one up close. He kept trying to get to the ducks.
He also enjoyed meeting a few other dogs.
Dobby, our previous dog, was adventurous. Fortunately Gaston is the same way. He is going to love exploring places around our area this summer.
I’ve been de-cluttering my house. While I was cleaning up, I found many photos of family and friends.
One of the photos I found was of my grandpa in his favorite chair.
1. The mug probably had coffee in it.
2. Near the coffee mug is a white dish. That is his ashtray for his pipe. The smell of pipe tobacco reminds me of him.
3. He probably had a Reader’s Digest somewhere near his pile of books. He loved the Word Power section of the Reader’s Digest.
4. There was chocolate hidden near his chair. Grandpa enjoyed his chocolate and sweets.
5. The photo looks like it was taken in the winter. During the spring and summer, Grandpa would look out the window to watch the birds that flew to their bird feeder.
6. The dog on his lap is Dusty. We got her when I was 11 years old. The other dog was Dallas. Dallas died a few months after Grandpa’s death.
I love and miss this man everyday. Thanks for being a hero to me.
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Today we’re visiting the Greensboro Arboretum. We only saw a small portion of the arboretum. The arboretum is 17 acres with 3 different entrances. We went to the Ashland Drive entrance with the parking lot across the street.
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Today is our last post from the Greensboro Science Center.
Before we left for the day, we decided to walk through the aquarium. Boy are we glad that we did that walk through because we found the coolest room.
It had various tanks with fish divided into different ecosystems such as coral reefs. The jellyfish display were in this room. The neatest part of the room was the interactive walls.
This is the computer animated fish at the beginning of the cool room.
The jelly fish
The lionfish – They had another area that you could climb into to get closer to the lionfish. The Wee One thought it was cool.
This was from that cool room.
Front top left to middle left, clockwise
Top Left – The wall that was the entrance to the room
Middle – A seahorse sculpture
Top Right – An interactive wall about coral reefs
Middle Right – Another interactive wall – This one is about adaptations.
Bottom Right – The sign listing all of the fish that were located in one of the tanks.
Bottom Left – Hubby trying out another interactive wall.
Middle Right – A light display on the floor.
More photos of the octopus
The Wee One and Imaginative One wanted to touch the manta rays once again before we left for the day.
Here are some shots of the various fish, stingrays, eels, seahorses, and sharks that we saw in the aquarium.
The fishing cat – We did not get to see him earlier in the day. We were so happy that we got to see him that afternoon.
The penguin and golden lion tamarin
Some of the signs
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We have two more posts about the Greensboro Science Center. Today we are going to explore the museum part of the Greensboro Science Center.
The gem they have in the atrium.
They have a lab downstairs that we visited. The boys were able to pet a snake while we were in the lab.
The alligator snapping turtle – We swear it’s the alligator snapping turtle that was a special exhibit at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery a few years ago.
The rhino nosed lizard (I think it’s the name of the lizard.)
The Imaginative One was intrigued by it. He could have stared at it for a long time.
Random displays downstairs
A poison dart frog and a person showing off the skulls of different reptiles.
The pendulum and area where visitors could sit and eat.
The murals they had in the atrium of the museum.
They had an interactive display about health.
They also had an exhibit about weather. I enjoyed reading about different extreme weather.
The dinosaur exhibit
Random Shots of the museum
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Ropes Course
Here is a video of the Imaginative One on the ropes course.
And the Wee One on the ropes course –
The boys were given a two hour block of time that they could be on the ropes course. During that time, they could be on any of the courses – beginner, medium, and advanced. They ended up lasting for 1 hours and 45 minutes before they decided to be done with the course.
It was well worth the money we spent. At one point, the Wee One thanked Hubby for having him do the course. He really enjoyed doing it.
Here are three collages of them on the course.
Zoo
Gibbon talk
Animals in the Discovery House – The animal on the bottom right is a chinchilla.
From left top clockwise to left middle
Chickens – They were given free reign of the area.
Meerkat
Wallaby
Tortoise
Some sort of bird that was up in the rafters
Alpaca
The farm area was sponsored by Levi jeans. They had this cool jeans sculpture.
More of the Gibbons
Random Shots
Tiger
There was a goat in the back of the truck and a dog statue in the front of the truck.
6. Share a favorite quote (or group of quotes) that you enjoy and describe what they mean to you.
I’m actually going to share a hymn not a quote.
This summer I had a chance to visit many places. One of those places was Letchworth State Park in Castile, New York. It’s been rated as the number one state park. The park has been described as the Grand Canyon of the East.
We stopped throughout the park so I could admire the views. Lots of photos were taken during our time during the time we were in the park.
The lyrics from “How Great Thou Art” haunted my mind during our visit to the park. Is though the lyrics were written about Letchworth.
This was taken at the bottom of the Helena Trail. So beautiful and peaceful.
“How Great Thou Art” was my grandpa’s favorite hymn so anytime I hear the words I think of him. He was a father figure of mind who was one of my heroes. I was fortunately to have him in my life for 28.5 years.
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Hotel Fun
The boys decided they wanted to form a duck choir while we were in the hotel room.
The boys wanted to pretend they were T-Rexes. They ran around the room with part of their arm in their shirts.
After all the fun at the hotel, we checked out of the hotel and then went to the Greensboro Science Center. The science center had a ropes course, aquarium, children’s museum, and a zoo.
Aquarium
At the front of the aquarium is a sign with a flashing sea creature. It went too fast to get a good photo.
The otters – They had an area where you could climb in and get closer to the otters.
Penguins
The science center had a HUGE octopus. He was out while we were there in the morning.
They had an area where you could pet manta rays. The boys loved being about to touch them.
Decorations
They had a submarine that you could climb into so Hubby and the boys had to climb into it.
They also had a big tank of fish, sharks, and manta rays.
We only did a brief walk through of the aquarium because the boys were going to do the ropes course. They give you a time to do the ropes course. Our time was an hour after we got there.
The atrium of the science center
We had to walk through the atrium on our way to the zoo because the zoo is where the ropes course is located.
Zoo
The cockatoo and Macaw
The Gibbons – They were so much fun to watch.
The lemurs
This peacock was walking around. I thought that was cool.
Random Shots
More random shots
Red Panda – The Wee One’s favorite animal. He was one happy child when he got to see it.
I loved the signs they had for all of the animals.
Tortoises
Hubby helping the Wee One get geared up for the ropes course.
The Imaginative One getting ready for the ropes course.
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