So, the National Arboretum. I think it might have been the hottest day of the year...other than that it was great! The best part (maybe the only part we saw...) was the Bonsai Garden. Bonsais are basically mini trees that live for millions of years in tiny pots. If not for my harp teacher's bonsai's that I had to water ocasionally growing up, I probably wouldn't have known what they were. Anyways, some of them acutally are really old. Like this one:
1625!!! I'm not the best at math, but I think that means it's like almost 400 years old. There were some that were pretty young too, it's hard to tell just by looking at them, but they all have little plaques, very helpful.
Just across from the Bonsai Garden is a collection of Columns that used to hold up the Capitol Building. Apparently they were getting kind of old and instead of sending them to the dump they brought them out to the Arboretum so people could appreciate them for all eternity. They're kind of cool/random standing up there not holding anything up anymore.
While we were standing up there Brent suddenly went ballistic and started jumping around and spitting...apparently something bit him on the tongue! Hahaha....he didn't think it was funny, especially since I was taking pictures.
The other cool thing at the National Arboretum is the koi pond. I don't know why koi are so funny, maybe it's because they're so gullible. All you have to do is stick your hand out over the water and they swarm immediately. FOOD FOOOOOD FOOOOOOOD!!!!
Ok last thing, they also had this really pretty pitcher plant, which you will recognize if you've seen Planet Earth (if you haven't you must see it asap). Pitcher plants trap insects and other delicacies in their "pitcher" that usually has a lot of water in it, the insects fall in and drown and then are dissolved and absorbed by the plant. Nature is so creative sometimes.
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