tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post592300078674163349..comments2008-03-28T23:10:33.099-07:00Petreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852aertep@gmail.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-23804155411074850042008-03-28T23:10:00.000-07:002008-03-28T23:10:00.000-07:00Hi uselaine,<BR/>You'll be glad to know the peacocks still call. An oddly mournful sound they make--or maybe it's petulant.Petreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-10399698606483716062008-03-28T21:52:00.000-07:002008-03-28T21:52:00.000-07:00For three years of my childhood (in the sixties!) we lived not far from here, near the Temple City Methodist church. We would come here several times a year, and play hide and seek, or have jungle fantasies in the bamboo "forest", with the peacocks calling in the near distance. Nice photo and information. I was too young to appreciate the history.USelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15551995221350532168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-90169856835765834232008-03-27T16:17:00.000-07:002008-03-27T16:17:00.000-07:00Ah yes, thanks, Elizabeth. Testament to my theory that Dr. Seuss got his caricature inspiration from southern California plant life.Petreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-54033550770851131052008-03-27T15:03:00.000-07:002008-03-27T15:03:00.000-07:00oh - I just saw Elizabeth's comment.<BR/>I've seen aloes at the market but they didn't have any flowers - I think they would look superb in my garden - I'll have to give one a go!AraratDailyPhotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-23847054451670354482008-03-27T14:58:00.000-07:002008-03-27T14:58:00.000-07:00On the front page - little photo.<BR/>Link to the library.AraratDailyPhotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-69240141840610698672008-03-27T14:46:00.000-07:002008-03-27T14:46:00.000-07:00Ararat- If you're talking about the picture next to the section about the library, that's an aloe in bloom. Unfortunately I don't know the particular species. They bloom here in the winter time, with yellow or orange flowers arranged in spikes or whorls. :-)Elizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-82359289193145822722008-03-27T07:49:00.000-07:002008-03-27T07:49:00.000-07:00Ararat, that's one big website. I saw some lovely purple stuff, and some magenta, and green and yellow and red, but I couldn't find red spiky. Can you be more specific?Petreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-64827485176143575602008-03-27T01:51:00.000-07:002008-03-27T01:51:00.000-07:00Have you seen the red spikey (spiky?) plant on the Arboretum website?<BR/>It's awesome!AraratDailyPhotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-81815767444007003122008-03-26T21:44:00.000-07:002008-03-26T21:44:00.000-07:00Thanks, DR. This kind of building makes me nostalgic for times I didn't live in.<BR/><BR/>Claire, I'm a sucker for this stuff, too! Some of this wood has been there since 1839. Amazing.<BR/><BR/>Katie, glad you like the info. I like the keep the post short, but link to things in case people want to know more.Petreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-17223536105693196562008-03-26T20:36:00.000-07:002008-03-26T20:36:00.000-07:00I'll join you on the porch for a lemonade under the wisteria Petrea! Another place I must visit when I next venture down to LA. Cool photo, and now I want to go read more about the Hugo Reid Adobe. Thanks for also including all the info!Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017577882203582185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-70701861669091770842008-03-26T18:35:00.000-07:002008-03-26T18:35:00.000-07:00i love the coloring and texture of the wood. i'm a sucker for that kind of thingclairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02353464007072411240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-15301425397910420562008-03-26T09:15:00.000-07:002008-03-26T09:15:00.000-07:00seems like a wonderful place, must have been lovely when people were actually living in it, great photo.Destitute Rebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14706187924135646590noreply@blogger.com