Lakewold Gardens
I’ve taken a long sabbatical from this blog, but now it’s time to start learning how to get around in it. So today, this draft from the pandemic is posted.
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The Alhambra!
Gardens and Moorish architecture on the hill After arriving in Granada, Spain and looking up at it for a day, we finally got to see the Alhambra in all its glory. It took some climbing from our AirBnb accommodation in the old Arab neighborhood called The Albaicin Quarter. (I mean serious hill and stair climbing,…
So many varieties of palm trees in the desert – Who knew?
PALMS Since I moved to the Valley of the Sun, I’ve discovered the many, many kinds of palm trees and palm shrubs that live in this desert. I’m baffled that I have lived this long and not known this. I truly thought that there were maybe 3 kinds of palms, but NO… There are Royal…
The Beautiful Phoenix Zoo
The Phoenix Zoo is in Papago Park very close to the Desert Botanical Gardens, which we visited a few months ago. (I have to say that the costs of admission for the public (I think they are public) attractions are rather exorbitant – $25 per adult, children $13, seniors $20 – for both. The OdySea…
Arizona Summer prep and Roses
Pool Maintenance Entertainment End of Spring means “pool maintenance” in Arizona and we have an apartment overlooking the pool. So, we had a front row seat for all the excitement. Below, is a Before photo of the overgrown palm trees around the pool. The pool was only drained after the tree trimming in order to…
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden was not as beautiful as I expected and not as accessible as I had hoped. There are 78 acres of gardens, but very few plants were flowering and many looked very dry or even dying. This is probably the wrong time of year for the best viewing and I think they…
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