Gardening Class

During the heatwave that lasted for most of July, Roan was enrolled in a gardening class.  It was every Wednesday and Friday from 9 - 12, at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens.  The plan was to drop Ro off, and spend 3 hours wandering the grounds with Lani Lou, exploring, reading plaques, identifying plants that might work in my own garden, playing with my camera.  I was really looking forward to spending time with only one child, as I rarely get any alone time with Ilan.  It was going to be so bucolic and relaxing!  There is an excellent outdoor cafe at the gardens, with very good food.  Everything you need for a lovely morning.

But the heat.  It really put a crimp in our plans.  Some days we sweated it out, but most other days I ended up running errands during that 3 hour stretch.  Anything to get into some air conditioning.

Here's Roan and Ilan, walking to gardening class along Flatbush Avenue:

Some garden shots:

Ilan and I discovered most everything in the gardens.  I learned that he likes to sniff plants and herbs, and he does not like to hold worms.  He likes to run through the sprinklers, and splash in the stream.  He loves lemonade. (We always tried to save some for Roan, but we never could).  He is not very interested in composting.  But what he loves most of all is the jumping tree, a tree with a low crotch that he can climb and jump out of while we're waiting for Roan to get out of class.