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Butchart Gardens, Vancouver Island, Cananda

July 13, 2014 by shelley

Bob played in a Tennis Tournament at the Rocky Mountain Neurological Society’s meeting  (he took second place!), but I visited the world famous  Butchart Gardens.

Panoramic view Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Panoramic view Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

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Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Identifying plants Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Identifying plants Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Identifying plants Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Identifying plants Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

The Butchart Gardens is a group of floral display gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada, located near Victoria on Vancouver Island. The gardens receive close to a million visitors each year. The gardens have been designated a National Historic Site of Canada due to their international renown.

Robert Pim Butchart (1856–1943) began manufacturing Portland cement in 1888 near his birthplace of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. He and his wife Jennie Butchart (1866–1950) came to the west coast of Canada because of rich limestone deposits necessary for cement production.

The Ross Fountain

In 1904, they established their home near his quarry on Tod Inlet at the base of the Saanich Peninsula on Vancouver Island. [2]

In 1907, 65 year old garden designer Isaburo Kishida of Yokohama came to Victoria, at the request of his son, to build a tea garden for Esquimalt Gorge Park. This garden was wildly popular and a place to be seen. Several prominent citizens, Jennie Butchart among them, commissioned Japanese gardens from Kishida for their estates. He returned to Japan in 1912.

In 1909, when the limestone quarry was exhausted, Jennie set about turning it into the Sunken Garden, which was completed in 1921. They named their home “Benvenuto” (“welcome” in Italian), and began to receive visitors to their gardens. In 1926, they replaced their tennis courts with an Italian garden and in 1929 they replaced their kitchen vegetable garden with a large rose garden to the design of Butler Sturtevant of Seattle. Samuel Maclure, who was consultant to the Butchart Gardens, reflected the aesthetic of the English Arts and Crafts Movement.

In 1939, the Butcharts gave the Gardens to their grandson Ian Ross (1918–1997) on his 21st birthday. Ross was involved in the operation and promotion of the gardens until his death 58 years later.

In 1953, miles of underground wiring was laid to provide night illumination, to mark the 50th anniversary of The Gardens. In 1964, the ever-changing Ross Fountain was installed in the lower reservoir to celebrate the 60th anniversary. In 1994, the Canadian Heraldic Authority granted a coat of arms to the Butchart Gardens. In 2004, two 30-foot (9.1 m) totem poles were installed to mark the 100th anniversary, and The Gardens were designated as a national historic site.

Ownership of The Gardens remains within the Butchart family; the owner and managing director since 2001 is the Butcharts’ great-granddaughter Robin-Lee Clarke. [3]

In 1982 the Butchart Gardens was used as the inspiration for the gardens at the Canadian pavilion opened at Epcot Centre in Orlando Florida.

In December, 2009 the Children’s Pavilion and the Rose Carousel were opened. The menagerie includes thirty animals ranging from bears, to horses, to ostriches, to zebras and mirrors the world from which The Gardens draws its visitors. The designs were hand picked by the owner, in consultation with an artist from North Carolina. The carvings were done by some of the few remaining carvers of carousel art. Each animal is carved from basswood and took many months to complete. There are also two chariots able to accommodate disabled persons.

 

Filed Under: Art, Travel Tagged With: Butchart Gardens, Canada, Vancouver Island

Mormon Missouri Church History-sites in Missouri; Far West

July 27, 2013 by shelley

Far West, Missouri

There are several short histories of Far West (a historic site-Missouri Mormon History); Caldwell County has one, one from the  LDS Church, another one from lesson manual LDS Church, one from understanding Mormonism and even one from Wikipedia.

For a Youth Conference  we did a series of vignettes about the history of the early saints in Jackson County and Clay and Caldwell County.  Our hope was to make the history of the early saints come to life for the youth.  If you would like a copy of these vignettes about the early history of the Mormons in Missouri go here.

Today Far West is a historic site seven miles (11.26 km) south of U.S. Highway 36 on State Route D. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintsmaintains a historic site there, including the cornerstones of the planned temple. Some Latter Day Saints expect that a temple will be located on this spot at some time in the future. The Community of Christ, formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, has a branch congregation that meets in Far West.

I want to share photographs of Far West as it appears today…far different than what it was in it’s prime in 1838 when it was the largest city in Missouri.Temple Site, Far West, Missouri

Looking south from Temple Site, Far West, Missouri

Looking south from Temple Site, Far West, Missouri

Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Mormon Missouri History

Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Mormon Missouri History

Far West, Missouri

Far West, Missouri

Picnic Area, Far West, Missouri

Picnic Area, Far West, Missouri

Looking West, Far West, Missouri

Looking West, Far West, Missouri

Far West, Missouri

Far West, Missouri

Far West, Missouri

Far West, Missouri

Information on Far West, Far West, Missouri

Information on Far West, Far West, Missouri

Information Far West, Missouri

Information Far West, Missouri

Temple Site, Far West, Missouri

Temple Site, Far West, Missouri

Far West, Missouri, Mormon Missouri History

Far West, Missouri, Mormon Missouri History

Community of Christ Church, Far West, Missouri

Community of Christ Church, Far West, Missouri

Looking West, Temple Site, Far West, Missouri

Looking West, Temple Site, Far West, Missouri

Looking North from Far West Missouri

Looking North from Far West Missouri

Pulling into Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Missouri Mormon History

Pulling into Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Missouri Mormon History

Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri

Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri

Temple Cornerstone, NW corner, This cornerstone was laid in representation of the High Council (Quorum of the Twelve), Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Mormon Missouri History

Temple Cornerstone, NW corner, This cornerstone was laid in representation of the High Council (Quorum of the Twelve), Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Mormon Missouri History

Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri

Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri

Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Missouri Mormon History

Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Missouri Mormon History

Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, NE Cornerstone representation of the Lesser Priesthood

Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, NE Cornerstone representation of the Lesser Priesthood

Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, NE Cornerstone representation of the Lesser Priesthood

Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, NE Cornerstone representation of the Lesser Priesthood

Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Mormon Missouri History

Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Mormon Missouri History

This cornerstone was laid in representation of the High Council (Quorum of the Twelve), Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Mormon Missouri History

This cornerstone was laid in representation of the High Council (Quorum of the Twelve), Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Mormon Missouri History

Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Missouri Mormon History

Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Missouri Mormon History

Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Missouri Mormon History

Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Missouri Mormon History

Temple Site, Far West, Missouri

Temple Site, Far West, Missouri

SE Cornerstone Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Missouri Mormon History

SE Cornerstone Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Missouri Mormon History

Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri

Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri

SW Cornerstone, Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Missouri Mormon History

SW Cornerstone, Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Missouri Mormon History

SW Cornerstone, Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Missouri Mormon History

SW Cornerstone, Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Missouri Mormon History

SW Cornerstone Far West, Missouri, Cornerstone laid in representation of High Priesthood

SW Cornerstone Far West, Missouri, Cornerstone laid in representation of High Priesthood

SW Cornerstone, Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Missouri Mormon History

SW Cornerstone, Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Missouri Mormon History

Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Missouri Mormon History

Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri, Missouri Mormon History

Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri

Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri

Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missouri

Far West Temple Site, Far West, Missourist

The LDS Church recently (May 2012) purchased the Far West Burial Grounds.

Smith family tradition has it that the Hyrum Smith farmstead was across the street from the burial grounds.  Pictures were taken about the time the church released the news of their purchase of the burial grounds.

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Far West Cemetery, Far West, Missouri

Filed Under: Church, Missouri Church History Tagged With: Far West, Far West Burial grounds, Far West Cemetery, Far West Missouri, Missouri, Missouri History, Missouri Mormon history, Mormon History, Mormon Missouri History

Young Women’s Vintage Fashion Show Activity

June 18, 2013 by shelley

The Mia Maids wanted to do a combined Young Women’s activity that would emphasize what they learned in “For the Strength of Youth” booklet particularly modesty.  They thought it would be fun to do a “vintage fashion show” featuring dresses from different eras, and also showing how all dresses, whenever, from any era can be modest.  The planning began.  One week at Mutual the young women made cookies for the refreshments.  Another week decorations were made and large, life-like sketches of dresses from different decades were made.  One week was a dress rehearsal.  Many hours of planning and preparation were put into the Young Women’s Vintage Show.  It was decided that it should not only be a Young Women’s activity, but a Ward Activity so the Ward was invited.  The red carpet was put down, music from each decade was recorded, a script was written and the show was on!!

zAudience Willa Willa 3 Willa 2 Sydney2 Sydney Rebekkah Melissa Melissa 2 Mariah2 Mariah Liberty2 Liberty Kyra3 Kyra2 Kyra Kate3 Kate Kate 2 Eliza Corinn2 Corinn Brianna2 Brianna Ainsley2

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Young Women’s Vintage Fashion Show decorations and Silent Auction

Young Women’s Standards Night or Activity “Molly Mormon Standards on Trial”

Young Women’s Activity Johnny Lingo Activity (Individual Worth)

Young Women’s Standards Night or Activity “2 ‘Bee’ Holy”

Young Women’s New Beginnings 2014

Young Women’s New Beginnings 2013

Young Women’s Young Women in Excellence 2013

Filed Under: Church, Young Women Tagged With: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, LDS, Modesty, Mormons, Stand in Holy Places, Standard of Youth, Young Women

Deja vu, all over again! Snow Blizzard!

March 24, 2013 by shelley

Bob shoveling springtime.

Bob shoveling springtime.

The yard draped in heavy snow.

The yard draped in heavy snow.

Front yard view, snow even stuck to the tree trunks.

Front yard view, snow even stuck to the tree trunks.

Heavily laden tree branches.

Heavily laden tree branches.

Spring snowstorm! Spring snowstorm! Spring snowstorm! Spring snowstorm! Spring snowstorm!

Heavy snow stuck to the tree branches like frosting.

Heavy snow stuck to the tree branches like frosting.

As you can see they predicted 6-10 inches and that is what we got.

As you can see they predicted 6-10 inches and that is what we got.

Frozen winter wonderland in spring.

Frozen winter wonderland in spring.

Back yard covered in snow.

Back yard covered in snow.

Bob shoveling snow from the third big storm of this year.

Bob shoveling snow from the third big storm of this year.

For the third time this year we braced for a hugh snow storm here in the midwest.  And it got us…church was even cancelled.  Enjoy my “springtime” shots here in Kansas….

Filed Under: Events, Kansas City Tagged With: big storm, blizzard, Kansas, Kansas City Missouri, Missouri, snow, spring snow

More Pictures of Science City at Union Station

February 17, 2013 by shelley

Just a few more pictures of our visit to Science City at Union Station

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Filed Under: Family, Kansas City Tagged With: Kansas City, Missouri, Science City, Science City at Union Station, Union Station

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