A few years ago, the boys read a Boxcar Children book in which the kids make a museum out of curious things they've found. The boys could not stand this. They could not stand this until they had a museum of their own. Our garage shelves began filling with weird rocks, bird nests, egg shells, bugs, etc.
Finally this summer, I got the museum together. Grandmas made goodies, we borrowed tables from the meeting room, and invited lots of friends.
Apparently, owls vomit up what they can't digest of their little meals, and you can find these lovely "owl pellets" in the woods if you know what to look for. Then you can dissect them (see below) and find little rodent bones and bird beaks and fur and feathers.
Our museum covered history from ancient Egypt to Christ.
Piranha and alligator heads, donated by friends who've spent a bit of time on the Amazon...
Poetry corner: I was involved in this museum, after all. Unfortunately, this photo doesn't show the dessicated frog roadkill in the jar to the rear. To accompany it we had the poem, "Be Kind and Gentle to the Frog..." by Belloc.
We tucked this Mystery Rock into our rock display and asked people to identify it. This was a trick question, since this chunk has more historical significance than geological. That's a hint! Can you guess?
8 comments:
Oh what fun. Glad you posted these. I'd guess but I already know, so that would be cheating. :)
Very cool!
Forgot to subscribe to comments and I want to know about that rock, so I must comment again!
A piece of your old foundation? Wish we lived closer so that we could come see it live and in person!
A piece of curb for a handicapped parking space? That isn't really historical, but all I can come up with... and your rock probably has too much natural aggregate for that anyway.
Cool idea for the museum, how fun! Good job on collecting and organizing everything, boys (and mom for helping get it all together)!
Love it. I'm saying, it's the Berlin Wall.
Do I get to win a give-away, if I'm right? Isn't that what happens on blogs like this? :)
Jackie wins! Of course, you were all on the right track with the aggregate. Jackie, I'll buy you a coffee next time you visit, so hurry up here.
Actually, Kelly,we are coming up this Saturday! I was going to try to get in touch with you and need your email. Can you email me at jackie.sargent@gmail.com?
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