Feb 3rd AM - Botanical Garden Yesterday

Yesterday we went to the University of California Botanical Gardens in Berkeley.
http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/
Drew wanted us to see what type of native plants they had for sale that would draw honey bees and/or butterflies. When we paid to park I put in a couple of dollars, for 2 hours, thinking we would be out by that time. It was a great place to walk around, worthy of a trip back when we can spend more time there. We went to the section where they sell plants and Kathy bought a couple of them. We put them in the car and then started walking around. There are pathways across the hillsides and you walk, and walk, and walk and..... There are so many interesting plants that the walk is enjoyable. I'm sure we didn't even see half of it when I checked my watch and saw that we only had 15 minutes before the time on the meter ran out.

The entrance from the parking lot.

 The great gardener getting ready for work.

 These daffodils were pretty even though they were pretty simple compared to a lot of the other things we saw.

 One of the views from inside. Right

 View from inside - Left - That is Kathy on down the path. You can see path winding up and down the hillside in the background.

 A view to the northwest. We could see one of the bridges from San Francisco crossing over behind the point of land.

It was a good day.

One low note was that when I was messing about in the back yard I noticed that the top section of Drew's new shoring post (he bought it for us to shore the deck while we changed out the bad posts) was missing. When he came over for supper I asked if he had taken it inside. He had not. Apparently someone came inside his fenced yard and stole just the top section and a shovel that was outside. He called it his "ghetto tax". It will cost him close to $100 to replace what was stolen, and probably sold for a couple of dollars for scrap.

I talked to Frank W. at Mt. Gilead Bible Camp in Sebastopol, CA last evening. They are excited about the prospect of us coming up there to volunteer. We need to make a day trip up there and check things out. It is only a little over an hours drive, in the car, from Drews.

Hope all of you have a great day. Have to go, we are headed off to the farmer's market.
May God bless you and yours.