Sunday, October 3, 2010:My sister, Lisa, and I spent a wonderful week-end in Kansas City, Missouri visiting our Aunt Rena, Uncle Jack and cousin Carla. The weather was glorious and the company was even more so. We had a wonderful time.
My Aunt and Uncle are the absolute best hosts.
They know how to show guests a good time, and this week-end was no exception. They love their adopted home town of Kansas City. My Uncle Jack refers to the city as "the best kept secret." He is right.
We saw so many wonderful things this weekend, and one of them was the Kauffman Memorial Garden. What a beautiful place. It was a gift to the city by Ewing and Muriel Kauffman, wealthy benefactors who made their fortune in the pharmaceutical industry. And notwithstanding our visit on a date in early fall, there was much in bloom.
The Kauffman Garden is the perfect size. It includes many paths flanked by a wide variety of plants -- mostly flowering plants. There is a small building in the middle of the garden that houses some beautiful orchids. And on the west side of the garden,
there is a reflecting pool with some beautiful statues of dancers skipping across the surface of the water.
We saw flowers in blue, yellow, white, purple, red, orange and multiple shades of pink. We saw flowers large, medium and small. We saw flowers low to the ground, waist high and above our heads.
One of my favorite features in the Garden was a series
of mirrored balls that sat among the flower beds that flanked the reflecting pool. I had fun taking pictures of our reflection in the
balls!
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