Saturday, August 9, 2014
That morning we all went to the extraordinary Madison Farmer's Market
Then Ben and Julia arranged a sailing trip for some
Here is David, Georgia, Mia, and Julia
David and Georgia
Aron, Cathy, Emily, and Debbie
Cathy, Emily, Debbie, and Dick
Cathy, Emily, and Debbie
the boatload takes off
Cathy, Emily, Debbie, and Dick
meanwhile, some of us went to Olbrich's Gardens
Lincoln, Deirdre, and John
Lincoln
Deirdre and Arthur
setting up for a wedding in the event garden
a humonguous hibiscus
alliums
a lovely fountain
Lincoln
lily
hosta
shady nook
amazing spider lilies
gigantic hibiscus and Deirdre
Deirdre smelling a sweet flower
we came to a Thai pavilion and garden
details of the pavilion
a yellow spider hidden in the flower consumes a bee
Arthur, Linc, Martha, Deirdre, and John
Arthur, Linc, Martha, Deirdre, and John
there was an exhibit of butterflies at the gardens. We didn't have the time to go in to see the live butterflies, but saw some beauties in a display case
After a short rest at the hotel, we took the kids to the Children's Museum
Arthur and Cathy
Anika explores the scooters
William makes us all some yummies
Olivia wants to ride a scooter, but her legs are too short
Erik rides a scooter
besides the scooters there were some imaginative bugs to play on
after the outside play, we went inside where Anika and Erik ran in then hamster wheel
inside there was also a Rube Goldberg jungle gym and slide setup
