Challenge 4: Japanese Garden
May 19, 2009
Today, we visited Yuko-En on The Elkhorn, the Japanese Friendship Garden here in Georgetown. We are still in the general noticing phases of our nature study project, so we just looked today...hoping to be surprised by some things we saw for the first time there today. The kids spotted some two-foot long koi in the murky pond and all three were fascinated by a waterfall. We found lots of treasures in this spot we’ve visited many times before...we used new eyes this time! Embree said this trip reminded her of a poem she has been working to memorize.
Afternoon on a Hill
By Edna St. Vincent Millay
I will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one.
I will look at cliffs and clouds
With quiet eyes.
Watch the wind bow down the grass,
And the grass rise.
And when the lights begin to show
Up from the town,
I will mark which must be mine,
and then start down!
Though we took some nice pictres of the flora and fauna, the ones of the kids are the best...
The waterfall was fun for all!
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