My City By The Bay

While attending the Lunar New Year celebrations I decided to take a walk through the botanical gardens.   I know the gardens like I know my own apartment.  I’m there all the time and snapping photos of everything I see.  I literally have hundreds and hundreds of picture of the gardens.  It’s just so beautiful there I cannot stop myself from taking photos.  Anything that catches my eye gets snapped.

You would think that being there so often I would know all the plant species by now.  However, I do not.  I just know your basic roses, daisies, violets, orchids etc…  While I could take the time to make note of each plant while I’m taking pictures, I’m just too excited to be bothered with the actual names.  I have to visit all my favorite spots which is basically the entire garden.  When I passed the plants in the above photo I was just mesmerized by their beauty.  I don’t know what they are but I fell in love with them.  If any of you know the name, feel free to comment and let me know.

This is a small yet beautiful Japanese vignette located near the entrance to the gardens.  I have taken photos of this spot during every season and weather condition.  I just love it here.  I very often sit on the bench in this garden and write.  

The wooden bridge pictured above is located right next to the Japanese Moon garden, another favorite of mine.  When I visited there this past week, due to the lack of rain we have had here in San Francisco the area was dry as a bone.  I was very disheartened to see that.  Hopefully the coming weeks will bring some precipitation our way.  I like to see the gardens flourishing.  More to come soon.