I took a trip to St. Louis May 31 through June 9. It ended up not quite like I expected.

I started out staying with my good friend Sandy. That first evening we spent some time in her awesome backyard:

The next day I was off to Shaw Nature Reserve for a retreat with the Education Staff.

It was a gorgeous day:

And we said goodbye to Barb. We’ll all miss her. (No picture of her here since I don’t want to incur the wrath of Barb!)

Next time: A horrible accident and a fabulous trip to central Missouri…