Photos taken in or around the Lake Merritt Gardens.
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lately in photos
Sakura! Cherry blossoms! So beautiful!
Magnolias in the gardens!
Emma is unable to get rid of her beloved purple coat.
Eating a baguette smothered with with butter and jam, and my favorite Heath ceramic mug at Cafe Clem.
Celebrating Chinese New Year at the Oakland Museum by making a dragon and dressing up.
Played at the best park ever! The Yerba Buena Gardens children’s playground wins for best slide.
garden plot: planting seeds
Today we went to our garden plot to check it out and see if we could start planting. We were happy to see that the soil looked good and found worms in the dirt. We watered and played around with a hoe. We decided to start with some bee friendly flowers and parsley. Next up is sugar peas. We covered our seeds with dirt and then straw to keep moisture in. We met some friendly master gardeners and talked about what to plant when and came home with some great info. I think Emma Clover is excited. I know that I am. ^_^
We love to visit the Lake Merritt gardens and today we saw five turtles in the big pond and two mallards in the smaller one. It really is a great place to hang out with little kids.
january garden visit
Justin (maiki’s brother) was visiting and we were happy to show him around the Lake Merritt Gardens. ^_^
weekend adventures
We met an iguana named Spike.
Family picnic in the garden.
Emma and some fish at the museum.
Showing papa the birds’ eggs.
Making flat pennies to add to our collection.
We celebrated in the sun as it was finally not raining this weekend. We had great times going to the Farmers’ Market, picnic at the garden, visiting the Oakland Museum, listening to live jazz and bringing home treats from a bakery in Chinatown. At home we watched Sleepy Hollow as Clover slept and viewed the hilarious and heart breaking documentary of Trevor Noah, a South African comic and his first one man show. The film is called You Laugh But Its True and its so wonderful. It was a very cathartic experience as I cried and laughed and felt like the world was going to be a little bit brighter now that he is in it and sharing his unique point of view.