The Biology Project from.....Mrs. Lopez - Part 1

A few weeks ago my 15 year old, Madison, and I ventured out into the world to collect plant samples for her biology project.  We both took our cameras (as we are tying to become photo artists) and set off in the van.  Yes, we know we would appear more artsy fartsy if we said we set off in the vintage, tangerine coloured Chrysler 300 but ... that is still in a heap in the backyard!  (someday....)

We discovered that there is a lot of wild mustard out there, quite a bit of graffiti where it shouldn't be and that you can't get a plant out of the ground with roots intact very easily if you forgot the shovel.

With that in mind we got some pretty pictures, walked quite a bit, solved a few world problems and did about 1/2 of her biology work.

Now for a little confession....I think I may have a tendency towards quirky behavior.  Let me explain...


The other day driving from my dad's house back to ours I realized there is a front yard that has an element that pleases me each time I drive by.

I believe I was inspired by this artistic statement and while we were on our search for the perfect plant specimens this is what I did.....

I felt rather empowered - other people were going to walk along this path and wonder..."just how did these stones get in exactly these spots?"  They might even feel inspired and add another stone or pick up where I left off....... (thankfully about 20 or 30 stones in I couldn't find another and my quirky behavior found a natural ending point).......  I was affecting other people's lives, I was creating something profound in the universe, I was making my mark............right, I know a little over the top, but -

maybe someone will smile like I did when I saw this....

More to come on our plant collecting adventures....

xoxo    Elizabeth