Today we went to the Huntington Gardens, in Pasadena. Melisa had told us about this from when she was there doing research several summers ago. What a gem this was! Have you heard of it? Huntington was a wealthy railroad baron who built an estate, with gardens, a library, and art museum, and left it to the public after his death. It is magnificent! The gardens are huge, we could not see all of them. We focused on the "desert gardens" and the "Japanese gardens", could have spent many more hours there. All the cacti were in bloom, in the garden, which is one reason why I took so many pictures. (you will have to follow the link to see all the many pictures) The Japanese gardens were wonderful. Melisa said she'd just come there and sit, just taking it all in. I can see how wonderful that would be, very spiritual and "mindful."
A beautiful place. A beautiful place in what we are coming to feel is somewhat of a vast wasteland! Pat
The L.A. area is not appealing to us. It is the very worst in planning and development in the country if not the world. Not only does it screw up their own ecosystem, but it also impacts the whole west because of the amount of water that they use. The Eastern part of the greater LA area is desert that is irrigated by water from the Colorado river. Believe it or not, there have been actual suggestions that we send Great Lakes water here as well. Well I for one think it is weird to see corn and wheat growing in the desert. Pat and I both agree that what the Bay area may lack in sun it gains in class and for me practical sense sustainability. We laugh because everything in that area is "local and sustainable". But I now have a new respect for that concept. Keep the desert a desert.
Another issue for me is even if it is a nice day, we are still in the desert.
We did like Pasadena, and there are pockets of habitability and some really nice things here. Redlands is a very nice, liveable area.
One of those spots is Huntington Gardens. I am so glad we got to see this place. Melisa was here a few summers ago on a grant to do some research. What a wonderful setting to work in. We were quite surprised at how grand it is.
Check it out at http://www.huntington.org/
Pictures for today are posted at http://picasaweb.google.com/danklim1/HuntingtonGardens#
The L.A. area is not appealing to us. It is the very worst in planning and development in the country if not the world. Not only does it screw up their own ecosystem, but it also impacts the whole west because of the amount of water that they use. The Eastern part of the greater LA area is desert that is irrigated by water from the Colorado river. Believe it or not, there have been actual suggestions that we send Great Lakes water here as well. Well I for one think it is weird to see corn and wheat growing in the desert. Pat and I both agree that what the Bay area may lack in sun it gains in class and for me practical sense sustainability. We laugh because everything in that area is "local and sustainable". But I now have a new respect for that concept. Keep the desert a desert.
Another issue for me is even if it is a nice day, we are still in the desert.
We did like Pasadena, and there are pockets of habitability and some really nice things here. Redlands is a very nice, liveable area.
One of those spots is Huntington Gardens. I am so glad we got to see this place. Melisa was here a few summers ago on a grant to do some research. What a wonderful setting to work in. We were quite surprised at how grand it is.
Check it out at http://www.huntington.org/
Pictures for today are posted at http://picasaweb.google.com/danklim1/HuntingtonGardens#
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