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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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Thanks for stopping by.
Your macros are gorgeous, again, with perfect details.
Have a great weekend!
Enjoy your weekend
Bossy, you are a kick. You should do stand up comedy - seriously :D
Bang, yes tendrils from a plant though I don't remember which one.
Squirrel, yeah that was an unusual day for the bees.
Cher, :) thank you, I like that one too.
Beverly, Thank you for stopping by.
Greyscale, thanks that's just what it reminded me of, a motel :D
Lui, LOL we will all reserve a room :D
maiaT, thanks so much for stopping by as always. Very much appreciated.
leavesinbloom, LOL! Thank you.
Ann, these were taken at the Botanical Gardens here in SF thank God, so I don't have all those bees around :)
Ann, :) I know they look like part of the flower unless you really look closely.
Carmen, that was a fun day. These shots were all taken on different days. That tendril was just so exotic, I had to get a shot of it.
Icy, you know I love doing those macros. Sometimes they turn out well and many times they don't. Thanks :)
BJ, LOL I'm not sure I'd want to spend the night there :)
Jean, thanks so much.
Flower town, yeah they are pretty cool to see. Thanks for stopping by.
fini, they were so busy, they didn't even notice me :)
NatureFootstep, absolutely, it opens a new world not seen before.
Tricia, thanks so much and you have a great weekend too.