california vacation

as you all know by now, we went to california for a 10 day vacation. we joined the girls at linda's and packed in a lot of sight seeing and visiting. the weather was great and the time went fast. linda's vegetable garden was wonderful, 6 foot tall tomatoes and lots of lettuce, strawberries and green beans and even tomatillos and a pomegranate tree. the thought of photographing it must have slipped my mind because i do not have one photo to share! however, i did take a few photos of some of her flowers.

on the left is the bird of paradise plant that sits by the driveway entrance and on the right are two hydrangea bushes, the top one is a variagated lace cap that was so much prettier in person!

our travels took us to the napa valley where we spent a day in st helena. one winery that we always stop to visit is the franciscan winery. they have beautiful gardens and a giant bench that we have photos of the girls sitting on from when we lived out there.


on the upper left, the walkway that leads to the giant bench just barely visible in this photo.
upper right, some of the grapes growing along the walkway and on the lower left, some of the flowers in the garden.