Archive: July, 2007

Dan’s Twitter Updates for 2007-07-07

  • Insomnia is no fun. #

Dan’s Twitter Updates for 2007-07-06

  • Anything better than a grilled hot dog? #

Vacation photos (abridged version)

Well, I said I would try to get around to posting some vacation photos, and now I have a few loaded on Flickr, so here they are:

MO Botanical Garden

This was taken at the “Japanese garden” section of the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis. I wasn’t in the mood to walk too much, but I had to see this while we were there. If I remember correctly, this is the largest Japanese garden in the United States and was designed by a Japanese professor specifically for the Botanical Garden.

MO Botanical Garden

Here is a close view of a lotus bloom in the Japanese garden. This area was relaxing. I wish I had 10 acres and a few million to design my own environment like this one.

MO Botanical Garden

Here is a photo of my dream patio. There’s a nice circular brick wall around the outside, and a bubbling fountain on either side of the bonsai tree that centers everything. It was truly a relaxing atmosphere.

Grant's Farm - Goats

This is Em petting the goats at Grant’s Farm. I have to say that the Farm was like the zoo, only better. I’m sure I’ll get all kinds of harassment from Em over this, but I had to do it.

Grant's Farm - Bald Eagles

Obviously two bald eagles. Unfortunately these two have received injuries and can no longer fly. They are truly beautiful creatures.

Something I didn’t know about Grant’s Farm – the fence (at least in the front) is made from United States civil war-era rifle barrels. Kinda weird seeing them with the sights still attached.

Well, that’s enough photos for now. If you want to see more, go check out my Flickr account. The photos are larger and clearer on there. Please note that all photos are licensed according to the Creative Commons No Commercial, Attribution, Share-Alike license.

Dan’s Twitter Updates for 2007-07-05

  • Just mowed the yard. Wow it’s hot. #
  • I love National Treasure. #

Everything happens in one week, I swear

This week, Emily and I went to Saint Louis for two days without the kids. All told, we did quite a bit of tourist-y stuff. We toured the Budweiser brewery, Grant’s Farm, Missouri Botanical Gardens, and blew some money at Ameristar.

I had a great time spending time with her and watching her relax. Maybe I’m really simple, but making other people happy is all it really takes to make my day.

There were a lot of pictures taken by Emily. Hopefully I’ll get them posted soon so you can check them out.

I’m sure everyone has done all of this stuff before, but we hadn’t. It’s like someone who lives in NYC not going to see the Statue of Liberty. It’s there, you know it, but you never go check it out.

Then, there was the Lodge’s fund-raiser on Saturday, the Hiltibidal picnic on Sunday, and now Kid’s Alley on Wednesday. It’s a busy week.