The Huntington Gardens

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The Huntington Library has a collection of rare books, paintings and fabulous botanical gardens. It is located in San Marino, CA. We didn't get to go see the books and the paintings, but the gardens were amazing! There were so many different environments with different types of plants. I definitely want to go back in the future.

You can read more about The Huntington Library HERE

The Huntington Gardens

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The Huntington Gardens

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Acres of beautiful grounds :)

The Huntington Gardens

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The Japanese Garden. There were huge koi fish down in the ponds.

The Huntington Gardens

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The lily ponds

The Huntington Gardens

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The desert garden

The Huntington Gardens

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These cacti looked like snowballs.

The Huntington Gardens

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Happy Thanksgiving :)

Be a Santa to a senior

Click on the ornament to find out how :)

deer Kernville (5)

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This guy was lucky, because I ALMOST hit him as he ran across the road in pursuit of his girlfriend - lol.

Fall in Kernville

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I took a little drive to see how the fall colors looked in Kernville today. As you can see, fall is here. It was a lovely day for a drive :)

Kern River

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Park in Kernville

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It's nealy Fall

I took a drive from Paso Robles to Los Olivos this weekend, hoping to catch some Fall color. I found some, mostly in the vineyards. But it wasn't nearly as spectacular as the pictures I have seen of the east coast. Still, it was a nice drive. I won't be taking any drives for a few weeks, as I am having foot surgery this Tuesday. I thought I better go for a drive while I still could - lol.

Gas prices have gone down!

It is about time. I thought I would never see the price of gas go below $3.00 again. Happily, I was wrong :)

Fall colors - Los Olivos, CA

Windmill - Alisos Canyon Road - Los Olivos, CA

I just love old things like this

Spanish-Mossed Oak Tree

Pumpkin Patch - near Los Olivos, CA

Fall in the Vineyards - near Paso Robles, CA

PIne Mountain Club - Fall 2008

Eastern Sierras and Yosemite - 7/25/08

I posted some pics of my most recent road trip to the Eastern Sierras and Yosemite National Park below. As you can see, there are still wildflowers to be found in the Sierras, especially in the upper elevations. There were lots of flowers at the Rock Creek/Tom's Place area, and up in the higher elevations in Yosemite National Park. It was a gorgeous day, and a perfect trip. My mom especially liked Yosemite's Tuolumne Meadows area. It was a lovely day, with nice, clear blue skies.

Rock Creek - Alpine Aster

Rock Creek - Smooth Willowherb

Rock Creek - Sierra Rein Orchid

Rock Creek - Fireweed

Rock Creek - Keller's Tiger Lily and Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

Rock Creek - Keller's Tiger Lily

Rock Creek - Blue Eyed Grass

Yosemite Valley

Tioga Pass

Ahwahnee Meadow

Yosemite National Park - Tuolumne Meadows

Tenaya Lake

Lembert Dome

Siesta Lake

Olmsted Point

Yellow Bellied Marmont - Tioga Road

Mule Deer at Tuolumne Meadows

Bridges Gilia on Tioga Road

Alpine Shooting Star

Checker Mallow

Larkspur

Coneflower

Great Red Paintbrush

Pretty Faces

Scarlet Penstemon

Showy Penstemon

Swamp Onion

Alpine Aster