Fall Seed Walk

Even though it's been on my calendar every week, last week was the first one when we actually made it to the arboretum on a non-class visit. I revamped the school schedule to fit it in better, though we still didn't get there until almost 11:30 and got home around 2. Amazing how long it takes to get us out the door! The assignment was to find signs of fall, especially seeds. We also picked our "spot" that we drew in our journals and will visit and draw each season throughout the next year. Here is our visit:

Amazingly stunning ginko leaves - they're as bright and beautiful as many of the maples I have seen around and are such fun shapes!

D. did a great job of finding the first two seed examples!

An elven tree....

Our "spot" that we will chronicle throughout the year....