Powell Gardens

I think I enjoyed the various metal sculptures and trinkets scattered throughout Powell Gardens. This reminded me of the child's game of Jacks, although these large spheres don't look anything like Jacks.

Powell Gardens

I will be posting photos and commentary from various gardens this summer. Today I will start with my first photo from Powell Gardens in Kansas City. There was a small greenhouse area attached to the main building. It was, how do you say.... very humid in there! I would imagine in winter these plants would be especially nice to see.

Check out the website for Powell Gardens. From May 29 to October 3 there will be Big Bugs at the Gardens. I do mean Big. I wish we could have seen these bugs, but we will have to be satisfied with all the normal sized bugs in our own yard.

Happy World Metrology Day

Metrology as in measuring things. Also important is Standards. It would do no good to say something is three meters long if we all used a different standard for how long a meter stick is. Our world would be pretty messed up if we didn't have standards of measurement.

Let's say you want to buy some property in Florida. You are told that it is 40 acres and will cost a pound of gold. Sadly for you, the acre that the seller is using is only the size of a cereal box. However, luckily for you, the pound you are using for gold only weighs as much as a marshmallow.

So, standards are good and insure that we can carry on all kinds of commerce, use medicine to heal us, know how long it will take to drive to Florida and back (to view your property), and more uses than you could count in an hour!