The botanical garden in San Miguel is great. I've heard that winter isn't really the time to go there because summer is the rainy season and that's when everything starts blooming. A lot of that is true. The garden looked a lot like Sacramento when it's not getting rain: dry grass and dead plants filled the landscape. No problem though, as a born and bred Sacramentan, I have a strong affinity for that look. Not that you need to be raised in a place with torched summers to enjoy the botanical garden here- even during the dry season here there are tons of bright, beautiful flowers and the different types of cactus are incredible. There are rarely other people so visitors get to mosey around and enjoy the place on their own schedule, which is really nice.
Apparently there is a woman who comes to the botanical garden and inch by inch twists the grass into long braided ropes that line the walking pathways. She has done an unbelievable amount of work so far. Usually the ropes line the pathways but occasionally she gets wild and weaves them in between trees along the pathway.
Sadly, my two-and-a-half-month stay in San Miguel is coming to an end of Tuesday. I was able to extend the trip a couple weeks, but now it's time for me to get back to the US and return to the life of jobs and rent payments. Although I'm sad to leave Mexico, I'm pretty excited about the transition. I'm really going to miss the house here. The rooftop patio has a bunch of plants on it and one of my favorite hobbies has become sitting out there in the sun with my camera, occasionally taking pictures, but mostly just taking in sun.
I'm so sorry your blog posts will come to an end!
ReplyDeleteI so HAPPY, however, that you bought your new camera. These shots are wonderful. I love the bee on the flower. And the one shot looks like sea anemones! The third one from the top looks like little faces with big noses peeking out of the cactus. Very cool.