What could be more fun?
Exploring the outdoors with a bunch of kids. Many of us would not mind going back to a time when it was safe (at least safe-er) to roam the great outdoors and discover amazing new things each and every time you went went exploring with your friends.
Well, the amazing things are still out there to see ....
- bugs that light up at night
- gorgeous butterflies that unfurl huge nose-like structures (proboscis) into beautiful flowers in order to sip up the energy plants so generously provide in nectar
- green bugs that look like aliens from other planets that appear to be praying as they search for bugs to eat in the garden
- slithering mollusks (slugs) that drag themselves along the sidewalk leaving a slimy wake
- sunflowers that turn throughout the day following the path of the sun
- leaves....all kins of leaves...every shape and size, furry, velvety, spiney, smooth, shiny, dull, red, green, yellow and purple....each one grabbing photons from sunshine and transforming the energy they capture and transforming it for the rest of us to power ourselves
- and free snacks!!!! nuts, berries, sunflower seeds, tomatoes...all sorts of delicious treats
This and much, much more is out there, but are many children looking? Their eyes seem to be averted toward televisions, computer screens, video games, and shopping centers.
Gardening gives us all a chance to get out and "get back to our roots." Take the opportunity to garden with a child. Your life, and that of the child, will be forever richer because of it!
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