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Old Chinese proverb - If you want to be happy all your life, plant a garden.
Save The San Francisco Botanical Gardens
All of these photos were taken by me on Monday during my visit to the Botanical Gardens. I planned on this just being a Wordless Wednesday post with photos until I visited the Gardens website and found that due to budget cuts etc... the gardens will fall to demise unless they begin charging an entrance fee. There have been mumblings and rumors about this over the past year with a lively debate. Now you all know that I am there on a regular basis. If it has to permanently close I WILL NOT be a happy camper. The gardens have always been free unlike all the other venues in that area to include the DeYoung Museum, The Academy of Sciences of which you almost have to be a millionaire to afford their entrance fees, The Japanese Tea Garden and the Conservatory of Flowers. My position is that the Botanical Gardens should begin implementing fees. Why not? Everyone else charges fees to maintain their venues. If you buy a membership to the gardens which is as low as $60.00 per year, round...
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Joanne I will be leaving EC. I am going to move to Adgetize and possibly project wonderful.
But, I don;t want to lose touch with you and this wonderful site. So I have grabbed your address to add to my blog roll!!
I hope to get done with all of this business stuff today and get an inspirational post up for the soon!!
I hope you have great day out there in the west. we are cold here today!!
Jackie:-)
amazing, isn't it? it takes a lifetime for these beauties to achieve its full potentials. when they do, it is such a joy to watch!
Aren't they great and generous.
Salitype, you are very poetic and so true. Thanks for coming by.
Icy, it does feel like that sometimes :)
Katherine, You've captured it perfectly. I love hearing the birds when out it nature. They bring such peace and joy.
C, ah yes.
Carmen, you are hilarious. I actually did hug a redwood out in the botanical gardens last time I was out there and had tree sap all over my clothes. I smelled like the woods, but I love it :)
rainfield, they surely do.
Alterity, Oh I know, aren't those little flowers and plants gorgeous? Thanks for visiting.
Petula, I hope you will someday. Thank you for reading and commenting.