Duke Gardens Field Still Blocked

The Boy reports, from his field trip, that the big field with the lily pad pond and climbing magnolia trees is still blocked off. That is a bummer, but there are many other things to do at Duke Gardens, like see baby turtles, feed ducks, walk across bridges, run down hills, smell the flowers.

Honestly, this is a bit of a relief, because… can I use the phrase “nerve-wracking” more than once a week?… seeing him clamber up those trees really does it. Once when he was about 3 years old, we saw some “big kids” up at the very top, and I declared that he would not be allowed to do that until he was, like, 8. I hope he has forgotten this conversation.

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