Acacia Park

Today was park day at Acacia Park. When we got there, no one had arrived yet, so we took a walk through the discovery garden. In it, various native plants are displayed. I was happy to see cholla, some of my favorite kinds of desert plants. We also saw this Strawberry Hedgehog, which we photographed in bloom.

Zorah picked a desert marigold and put it behind her ear. There were plenty of them, so I didn't feel too bad when she picked just one.



We made it a quick walk because it was uncomfortable to stand reading placards in the glaring noonday sun.

But the kids were in luck! For some reason the sprinklers went on over the athletic fields. I find it rather wasteful to have sprinklers go on at 1pm in the desert, but for Zorah's purposes the city couldn't have come up with a better plan. As you can see, these were super sprinklers too. It was tons of fun for Z until she caught a sprinkler right in the face. One of the boys had his foot on the water and removed it when Zorah was right in front. It wasn't intentional, but that doesn't take away from the sting. Ouch! After that she made sure to keep her back to the jet.

She was soaking wet, but it was so hot out that she was only damp by the time we went home.