it is gorgeous days like this one that remind me why i’m keeping this blog. i will cherish these times always.

so here is a not-so-short list of things i can remember that we discussed and learned at batelle darby:

• architectural structures
• rock formations
• gravity
• the difference between bison and buffalo {fact: there have never been buffalo in America, only bison.}
• flower names
• the ecosystems of a stream
• touched a turtle and a snake {not me, but darla did}
• practiced the different sounds a rock makes when it’s thrown in the water
• looked at decaying wood
• hiked in woods and prarie and compared them
• looked at bones and pelts
• examined feathers on bird’s wing and magnification
• different frog sounds
• bird migration patterns
• bees
• trees

and honestly, i can’t remember b/c there was just so much to take in. we spent a good 4 hours there. 4 hours and no bison, however. they were hiding for the day but that gives us a reason to go back.

i am so thoroughly in love with the metro parks system. I am hoping we have a good 2-3 more months of outdoor exploration. we still have so much to see and revisit.

i hope these posts show how truly thankful and grateful I am to have the opportunity to spend these days running around with darla. it’s hard to imagine ever doing anything differently than the way we are now but i know to take each day as it comes.

i’m just filled with gratitude and love when i look back on some of these days. i want to put that down here for my darla.