Sunday, May 23, 2021

MyShadowProductions #48 - “Nothing to do?” Go to the Denver Botanic Gardens

Hi everyone, I am still here :)

It has been a while since I wrote, no excuses, but I will start this Post with a couple of things I heard today. 

One was directed to me as I passed a lady on the sidewalk while I was on my way to the grocery store. 

She said, “It’s not your fault, you’re not supposed to be here anyway!”.

This one, I overheard while sitting on a bench at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 5 young boys (+/- 10 yrs old?) walked by and one boy bragged;

“We watched a movie that was made in 1999, that was still the 20th century!”.

I wanted a little bit of a rest today and also a nice walk, so I went to the Denver Botanic Gardens. A bonus was the exercise catching my hat, many times, from blowing off in the wind, surprisingly my reflexes are still fairly good and the hat didn’t hit the ground. It may have looked awkward to anyone that saw it, but what the heck, they can write about it in their Blog :)

There are a couple of new Art Exhibits at the Freyer Newman Center:

The first is, Radiant Season: Paintings by Kevin Sloan

Click Here for more information on the Denver Botanic Gardens website.

Here are a few photos from his exhibit, with more included in the movie/video below.







The other Art Exhibit is, Salvador Dalí: Gardens of the Mind

Click Here for more information on the Denver Botanic Gardens website.

Here are a few photos from his exhibit, with more included in the movie/video below.







Here is the movie/video created from my photos:


Good news on the Botanic Gardens volunteer front, I will be able to go twice a week. The horticulturist that I have helped at the Children’s Garden is taking on a few areas in the Main Gardens and will transition over the next year. Most likely I will be able to go to the Children’s Garden and the Main Gardens one day each for a 3 to 4 hour volunteer shift.

These are the new (for me) areas that we will be working at:




















There seem to be a lot of signs in “Sacred Earth” :) 





One of my favorite tasks is to rake the gravel paths like in the photo above, “it is zen!”  :)






Here is a movie/video from my photos today:



                          I guess I didn’t get the memo about proper attire for the day :)





There is a family of foxes that have a den under this rock in the Dryland Mesa neighborhood:)
The log in the photo points to the entrance which is kind of hard to see with the shadow.


Have a great week before Memorial Day!!

2 comments:

  1. Good to hear from you!
    Liked the art show.
    Nice that you will get in some good work at both of the gardens 🥰😎

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  2. Nice to see the gardens!! Good to hear the Children’s garden will be open. LeeAnn

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