Friday, April 30, 2010

Strolling Through the Garden (aka our quest for a Grand Star)

Our visit to Tohono Chul Park was a delightful adventure, narrated and accompanied by Nicco as we made our way from one garden to another.
Taking a rest at the beehive fireplace.
A charming water feature

The world's biggest horned lizard

Another fountain

chimes in the children's garden
This rattlesnake bench wound all around the children's garden

Owls peeking out of the iron saguaro

My little sunshine

Spiral maze

Nicco waiting for his little wooden boat to catch up to him

Taking a rest, because "my legs are so tired."

I made a mistake of stopping at the gallery before exiting the gardens. Nicco was ready to go, but became reenergized when he saw the gift shop attached to the gallery. He was very angry with me for not buying him a $7 plastic rattlesnake, so on our way out, he made a wish for a snake, "a pretend one," in this fountain. When I asked if he was ready to go, he said no, that he was waiting for his wish to come true. Sorry buddy, not every wishing well wish comes true, particularly immediately upon making the wish. He finally decided to put the pretend snake on his birthday list. I'm pretty sure the wish will go unfulfilled, and unnoticed.

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