Time for some more photos, this time under the heading flowers, plants and vegetation.
This interesting looking rock plant grows in someone's garden in the Venice Canals in Venice Beach outside Los Angeles. I don't have a CLUE what this one is called! Anyone?
These water lillies - I really like water lillies - grow at Hearst Castle (which is a really interesting place but I will get back to that in a separate post)
Unnamed berry/fruit that grows in California
Of course palmtrees are plentiful out in California, including in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. The water here looks lovely, doesn't it, but it's way to cold to go swimming in. And when Pfeiffer Burns donated her land to the State of California it was under the condition that the route down to the beach would be closed off. She wanted people to enjoy unspoilt views. There is a little waterfall here, one of few waterfalls that drops right into the Pacific Ocean.
Cute flowers on the edge of a Californian cliff, still in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
Typical rock plant we saw along the way. I have always found rock plants pretty cool. They grow with so little soil and nutrition it seems. Probably why I like orchids too.
Colourful flowers beds in front of the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco
The very green Japanese Tea Garden in the same park. We didn't go in though because it cost money and we've been to Japanese tea gardens before (though this one is the oldest Japanese garden in the US). But I peeked through the gates and sneaked a few shots.
A flower of sorts! The well-known garlic-only Italian restaurant in San Francisco. They only have four non-garlic item on the menu, marked with "v" for vampire-safe!
View of and from High Line Park that I wrote about in my last post and also Petchie has written about
High Line Park again
Madison Square Park in New York. We had dinner at the Bread Bar (part of Tabla Restaurant) one of the evenings in one of the corners of the square (though not in the park itself but outside one of the buildings).
And a flower from somewhere in New York
This interesting looking rock plant grows in someone's garden in the Venice Canals in Venice Beach outside Los Angeles. I don't have a CLUE what this one is called! Anyone?
These water lillies - I really like water lillies - grow at Hearst Castle (which is a really interesting place but I will get back to that in a separate post)
Unnamed berry/fruit that grows in California
Of course palmtrees are plentiful out in California, including in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. The water here looks lovely, doesn't it, but it's way to cold to go swimming in. And when Pfeiffer Burns donated her land to the State of California it was under the condition that the route down to the beach would be closed off. She wanted people to enjoy unspoilt views. There is a little waterfall here, one of few waterfalls that drops right into the Pacific Ocean.
Cute flowers on the edge of a Californian cliff, still in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
Typical rock plant we saw along the way. I have always found rock plants pretty cool. They grow with so little soil and nutrition it seems. Probably why I like orchids too.
Colourful flowers beds in front of the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco
The very green Japanese Tea Garden in the same park. We didn't go in though because it cost money and we've been to Japanese tea gardens before (though this one is the oldest Japanese garden in the US). But I peeked through the gates and sneaked a few shots.
A flower of sorts! The well-known garlic-only Italian restaurant in San Francisco. They only have four non-garlic item on the menu, marked with "v" for vampire-safe!
View of and from High Line Park that I wrote about in my last post and also Petchie has written about
High Line Park again
Madison Square Park in New York. We had dinner at the Bread Bar (part of Tabla Restaurant) one of the evenings in one of the corners of the square (though not in the park itself but outside one of the buildings).
And a flower from somewhere in New York 
Vilka fina bilder!!!
ReplyDeleteoch de där första blommorna såg verkligen häftiga ut.mTyvärr har jag inte heller ngn aning om vad det kan vara! De små rosa i Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park ser ut som Linneor. Är det det??
Finr med fotona från Highline Park också!
Kramar!
Saltistjejen - Tack! De första blommor, sådana där som växer bland stenar eller i torr jord eller annat kargt landskap, tycker jag är så häftiga för man kan tänka sig att de fanns redan på dinosaurernas tid eller något. De är säkert jättenya men ändå lite kul att tänka så.
ReplyDeleteGooglade linnea och det stämmer nog att de rosa blommorna är en sort linnea! Well spotted!
Kram!
De första var jättesnygga, har aldrig sett såna tidigare.
ReplyDeleteSkolfröken - Vem vet, de kanske finns någonstans i någon liten blombutik! Man kan ju hoppas att någon trädgårdsexpert kollar in min blogg och upplyser oss!
ReplyDeleteVilka coola första blommor!!
ReplyDeleteJag undrar dock om det verkligen är linneor på fotot med rosa blommor? Det ser ut som en blomsort som växer vid stranden i Skåne men jag kan inte komma på vad de heter. Ska kolla med mormor... Linneor växer väl mer inne i skogen?? Men jag är absolut ingen blomexpert så har du googlat linnea och de ser ut så så är det säkert så ;-)
Jättebra idé med olika teman på semesterfotona!! Jag tänkte skriva om vår Phillyresa imorgon...
KRAM!
Petra - Jag googlade och de var lika linneor men inte helt likadana. Men jag tänkte att alla linneor kanske inte är exakt likadana. Så du kan ju ha rätt att det är en annan blomma? Vad sa din mormor?
ReplyDeleteMåste klura på mitt nästa tema!
Kram!