picture perfect day
We spent Friday afternoon at my favorite park.
Before Mark and I moved to Sioux Falls I explained to him that, although there are many neighborhoods in and around the city, for me there is only one: the McKennan Park area. He seems to have taken to the idea quite well and in a year or two (or three), when we're ready to leave our downtown apartment, we'll be moving into a little house near this park.
For nearly 100 years, McKennan Park has served the city as a place of beauty and open space. The land has never felt the touch of the plow, and the prairie remains the same as it was. It has now been surrounded by the city, but the park land remains open to whoever wishes to stroll beneath the historic trees in the park, or smell the blooms of the rose garden. Helen McKennan wanted her land to be a place where "children, young people, and mothers with their little babies could come and rest in the cool shade, drinking in the fresh air."
What a wonderful history the park has. I hope you get to move to that area soon.
Posted by: Anina | September 17, 2007 at 01:07 PM
great photos, laurie. nice capture on that squirrel.
Posted by: erin | September 17, 2007 at 02:32 PM
beautiful pictures. so wonderful that spaces like that still manage to hold on in the midst of growth all around them.
Posted by: molly | September 17, 2007 at 04:17 PM
awesome, awesome pictures. love them!
Posted by: meg | September 18, 2007 at 10:23 AM
good good greens in those photos. Lovely!
Posted by: Blair | September 18, 2007 at 06:00 PM
Stunning!!! Is the only word I can use!
Posted by: Wibit (Brie) | September 20, 2007 at 03:50 PM
wonderful park pictures!!!
Posted by: maditi | October 08, 2007 at 02:29 AM