Toads-in-the-Hole

This morning, to amuse Adelaide and pacify Henry while Joel put the finishing touches on an overdue autopsy report, Adelaide, Henry and I went on a scavenger hunt in the park behind our house.

We discovered amazing things! Fairy berries, craphatches dust-bathing, gnarly bark, crunchy gravel, a blue dragonfly, and flowers and leaves of all shapes and sizes. We even saw a group of people enjoying the summertime Sunday with an outdoor church service; Adelaide murmured to me as we watched the group give one another the sign of peace, "They're peace-ing. And hugging."

But my favorite moment happened on the way home when I quizzed Adelaide and asked her to name the Black-Eyed Susans and Cone Flowers that we'd identified earlier on the hunt.

Pointing to the Black-Eyed Susans Adelaide said, "These flowers are Black Eyeballs." And then referring to the Cone Flowers, "and these flowers are Ice Cream Cone Flowers."