I left Lakewood...
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:11 pm
for the afternoon and went on a field trip.
We were looking for something to do. Something different. There isn't much around here to do so we headed East. We all crammed into the family truckster and headed East to the Cleveland Botanical Gardens (picture Clark W. Griswold, Rusty, and the rest of the Griswold family).
I had never been there before. I thought it was just a bunch of plants on display. Not very manly stuff. Yep, that's right. I was going to go look at plants while the, what are they called?... oh, the Browns were playing a game. And to think, as we drove past the drunken tailgater's along the shoreway and watched 3 different grown men dressed like school kids with their favorite players jersey on urinate at the fence facing the shoreway for all of us to see, I could have been there with them. I was going to see plants.
I was completely wrong about the plants and non-manly stuff; there are butterflies and birds too. Pretty butterflies and pretty birds. And pretty flowers too...
Seriously, I had never been to the Botanical Gardens before and it is worth the trip. If you haven't been to it, go. Take your little ones - if they are well behaved and quiet. I plan to go again in the Spring/Summer and see all the outdoor gardens.
They currently have a Gingerbread House display going on. There is some pretty amazing workmanship there. There is also a display of artwork by a local artist as well as displays of various types of trees used as Christmas trees.
In one area you walk out into a sort of rain forest. I'm sure it is called something but I forget. It is similar to the rain forest at the zoo however the birds and butterfly's are all around you and on you at times. There are all sorts of giant plants and so on. Even a waterfall. Very nice.
I took one of my cameras (and the wrong lens) and took some snap shots. If you've never been there, these pictures should give you a sense of what it is like.
The photoblog thing is HERE. Hopefully you can see the pictures. Unfortunately the view only shows really really tiny images. Have I ever mentioned how much I hate the photoblog thing? Oh, I have? Ok. I won't mention it again...
We were looking for something to do. Something different. There isn't much around here to do so we headed East. We all crammed into the family truckster and headed East to the Cleveland Botanical Gardens (picture Clark W. Griswold, Rusty, and the rest of the Griswold family).
I had never been there before. I thought it was just a bunch of plants on display. Not very manly stuff. Yep, that's right. I was going to go look at plants while the, what are they called?... oh, the Browns were playing a game. And to think, as we drove past the drunken tailgater's along the shoreway and watched 3 different grown men dressed like school kids with their favorite players jersey on urinate at the fence facing the shoreway for all of us to see, I could have been there with them. I was going to see plants.
I was completely wrong about the plants and non-manly stuff; there are butterflies and birds too. Pretty butterflies and pretty birds. And pretty flowers too...
Seriously, I had never been to the Botanical Gardens before and it is worth the trip. If you haven't been to it, go. Take your little ones - if they are well behaved and quiet. I plan to go again in the Spring/Summer and see all the outdoor gardens.
They currently have a Gingerbread House display going on. There is some pretty amazing workmanship there. There is also a display of artwork by a local artist as well as displays of various types of trees used as Christmas trees.
In one area you walk out into a sort of rain forest. I'm sure it is called something but I forget. It is similar to the rain forest at the zoo however the birds and butterfly's are all around you and on you at times. There are all sorts of giant plants and so on. Even a waterfall. Very nice.
I took one of my cameras (and the wrong lens) and took some snap shots. If you've never been there, these pictures should give you a sense of what it is like.
The photoblog thing is HERE. Hopefully you can see the pictures. Unfortunately the view only shows really really tiny images. Have I ever mentioned how much I hate the photoblog thing? Oh, I have? Ok. I won't mention it again...
It adds to the ambiance.