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<\/a><\/p>\nAlso a fig tree and there was an avocado in the next yard, plus a large citrus of some sort.<\/p>\n
After 2 busy days of teaching, we spent a day in the gardens at The Huntington<\/a>. What an amazing place. I have never seen anything like the desert garden. I am including my husband in the pic for scale ;-)<\/p>\n I took a lot of texture photos-<\/p>\n And that is now my new phone screen saver. How about this cactus?<\/p>\n There was loads more that I could show but that desert garden is what I will go back for next time I am in LA.<\/p>\n The next day we drove up to the Mount Wilson Observatory<\/a> in the San Gabriel Mountains. We left town and it was 80 degrees. At the Observatory it was in the 50’s and we were freezing!<\/p>\n Next, off to Ventura for something completely different. Unfortunately I spent much too much time in the hotel and not enough contemplating this-<\/p>\n Yep, I am already planning my trip for next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I love going to LA. Everything is so different from the everyday world outside my door- the plants, the weather, the fashion, the people on the sidewalk, the food… Then I come home to see my New England home with … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n