Popular posts from this blog
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...
Comments
Janneke
Greyscale, I'm glad you enjoyed them, thank you.
Foto, thank you.
Janneke, thanks for visiting and commenting.
Ewa, thank you :)
Gardening, you are sweet, thank you.
Icy, I have to check your post. It is from China I believe but I don't know the name. I will look the next time I go or check it out online here. I have a friend who will know what it is. :)
Jan and Jer, thanks, it is a unique mix of color.
Gary, thank you so much :)
Bossy, You know I never edit my shots. The only thing I may do is crop and focus. If something comes out crappy, it's deleted. I don't edit because I like my shots to be real. When you start editing colors, hues etc... the photo looks fake and I hate that. Thanks for always stopping by and commenting :)