Yesterday I went to Carlsbad (down toward San Diego). I visited a flower farm that lets people visit and take pictures and buy pricy refreshments. It was fun!
They had a lot of fun flower things. Here’s a patch of clover where they encourage you to try to find a four leaf clover:
They had a maze made out of sweet pea plants. The flowers smelled so good!
They also had an orchid green house. So beautiful!
But the main attraction was their flower fields. They grow ranunculus flowers. Ranunculuses are relatives of buttercups, but they are much bigger and come in many colors:
They plant seeds, and at the end of the season, dig up the tubers to be sold at garden centers all around the world. Cool!
I never knew ranuncula and buttercups were cousins – learn something new every day!
If Carlsbad and Carlsbad-by-the-Sea are the same place, that’s where my paternal grandmother went to live after Dad passed. Her other son (Uncle Bill) lived in Laguna Hills then, about half an hour away. An old hotel had been converted into a retirement home with independent living cottages on the land in the rear. It was right near the Pacific Ocean – residents had their own private beach! We went to visit one year and I handed her a ten-spot to save me a place for later….
Oh, my! You must have been in heaven!
I want to go to there!