Sunset over Clerkenwell. The city echoed with alternating groans and cheers from spectators spilling out from packed bars watching their fellow Englishmen play Columbia in the World Cup quarterfinals. When the UK won, the whole city seemingly erupted into screams and songs and horns.
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#england #london #worldcupmadness (at London, United Kingdom)
Alstroemeria (Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas), is a genus of flowering plants in the family Alstroemeriaceae. Natives to South America (primarily Brazil and Chile), some have become naturalized in the United States, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Madeira and the Canary Islands. They are summer growing, long-lived perennials, and the honey bees can’t get enough…
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#flowers #california #garden #plantingforpollinators #headfirst (at At Home in Napa)
Excitement in the garden.
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#garden #california #pollinators #butterfly (at At Home in Napa)
The Santa Cruz Boardwalk dates to 1865, when John Leibrandt opened a public bathhouse near the mouth of the San Lorenzo River. Other bathhouses followed and scores of tourists began visiting Santa Cruz to partake of the natural remedy of bathing in salt water.
The Boardwalk is a California Historic Landmark. In 1989 the Boardwalk joined other California historic sites including the governor’s mansion, Hearst Castle, and the state capitol building as California Historical Landmark #983.
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#california #santacruzbeachboardwalk #historicalplace
(at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk)