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A Note To The Granddaughters
We took the granddaughters to the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens yesterday and had a wonderful time. We did not have enough time to explore everything in the children's garden, and we had still not seen the main arboretum and garden. It's an incredible experience. The flowers were in full bloom -- the cherry blossoms were about the only flowers not yet on display; they come out a bit later, I guess in April, and only last a few days.
While resting, we challenged each other to name one flower starting with a letter of the alphabet, from A to Z. We were stumped on K, Q, S, and X, after seeing much of the garden. Then we saw the "snapdragons" and were a bit embarrassed we had forgotten them. I was sort of given praise for coming up with the Kumquat flower, which we agreed would satisfy "K" and "Q" but but then we saw the "Korean Rock Fern" and had the "K." [I see now there there is a flower's name that starts with X: http://www.ask.com/question/is-there-a-flower-that-begins-with-the-letter-x.] A google search will provide a number of flower names that start with "Q."
In a part of the garden, there are adult-size bird houses, as well as a "normal" bird houses. We quizzed each other on nocturnal and diurnal raptors. I had forgotten there was one diurnal owl; the older granddaughter reminded me it was the snowy owl. She also reminded me there were two families of owls: "true" owls and barn owls. Of all the raptors, only owls are nocturnal.
Tomorrow we will take the granddaughters to the Science and History Museum in Ft Worth.
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