Descanso Gardens
Went to Descanso gardens for the first time yesterday. Went with Mom and Dad that are currently in town. It was really nice.. a bit chilly (60) but beautiful gardens. We didn’t even realize it until we got there, but spring time has the most flowers in bloom. The roses weren’t in bloom, but just about everything else was. Camelias, Lilacs, a bunch of irises and lillies, violets, petunias and so much more. By far the most impressive was the lilac garden. The lilac bushes were 6 - 8 feet tall and we walked a path through the garden, it smelled so beautiful I didn’t want to leave.
Here’s a photo of Josh and I at the tulip garden:
Valencia Sunrise
I haven’t seen a sunrise more beautiful than the sunrises in Valencia. They’re so dramatic.
now playing: The Pixies - Alec Eiffel
Sequoia National Forest
Josh and I went on a road trip to Sequoia National Forest this past weekend. We had so much fun. We walked the ‘Trail of 100 Giants’ and saw some of (if not THE) biggest Sequoias. They were 500-1500 years old and got up to 20 feet in diameter and who knows how many stories high. It was very surreal and I felt like Alice in Wonderland.
I’ve always wanted to see the Sequoias ever since my Grandma went to Yellowstone Park when I was young and came back with photos.
I took my own photos- posted in the gallery.
now playing: Beirut - Postcards from Italy
Stone Mountain - Atlanta
Went to Stone Mountain with Dale yesterday. It’s a 1.3 mile hike uphill. I’m proud of myself. I made it with only one puff of the inhaler and back down with only a toe cramp. Took a bunch of pics- they’re in photo gallery.. Still adding to the Atlanta photo gallery day by day.
I miss hiking. Need to do that more often. It’s been a looong time.
now playing: Handsome Furs - What We Had
butterfly in the skyyyy…
There were 2 beautiful butterflies hanging out in the garden today and a couple days ago there were like 5 or 6 small humming birds in all the flowers at dusk. Crazy all the pretty harmless creatures in the garden.. and no bees! 
spring!
I think spring is here.. esp with the clocks going forward saturday. It’s been really sunny and nice and warm the past week. My garden is appreciating it, all the flowers that survived the frosty winter and blooming again:
and I keep finding lots of these little anoles in my garden scattering everytime I go outside:
and I had a couple as pets in a terrarium back when I lived in Buffalo, but one day they mysteriously were in the garden and Mom and Dad looked guilty. I’m sure they didn’t make it through the winter. So now I have my own native anoles that come every spring/summer in my backyard (Yes, it looks like something sharp got in the way of this one’s tail).
One last pic.. Amritz and Sarah picked me up a plumeria cutting when they visited Hawaii for Christmas and I planted it a couple weeks ago and it’s started doing stuff. It’s the strangest growth I’ve ever seen (looks waxy/fake) but apparantly this is normal for a plumeria cutting and it means good things are happening and those gorgeous plumeria flowers will come next year. The first year is all leaves. I’ll be happy when I see some leaves. It likes little to no water and the soil is 1/2 sand. Strange growing conditions but sounds about accurate for Hawaii. I’ll keep taking pics every couple weeks so I can do a sweet animated gif of it growing!
