The Huntington

One last photo essay to share from my Christmas vacation spent in California...

These pictures are from the Huntington Library, a gorgeous mansion/library/museum/garden extravaganza in Pasadena. It's like Disneyland: you can't do it all in one day. You could go back three or four times and look at plants and flowers alone.

The shot above was taken in the desert garden, where our tour guide led us first. My mom and I have never been super-enthused when it comes to succulents, but these cacti, aloe plants, palm trees, etc. were pretty amazing.

The blooms shown below are mostly from the rose garden, which, I must say, pretty much took my breath away. The weather was variable, going from spotty sunshine to misty rain. Hence the perfect drops of water on the rose petals.

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This last shot is, of course, one final cactus. I liked its size and shape; it's almost like a little starburst.

Thus ends my Christmas in California series, seeing as I'll be going back in only a little over a month and it is, after all, almost the middle of February.