Despite the efforts of the universe, particularly in the form of school children at the California Academy of Sciences (at least one of whom was carrying a simply delightful cold virus), I am still alive.
The past few weeks have been eventful, if a little foggy. My sister and nephew were out for a visit at the end of May. We visited a number of spots around the area including the tide pools I like outside Pescadero, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and the new California Academy of Sciences. My nephew seemed to enjoy himself greatly… especially at the touch pools at both Monterey and the California Academy of Sciences. I have to say though that the Academy’s new building is just amazing and is a must visit. They have a three level rain forest in the building that is really very nicely done with lots of birds and butterflies flying all over the place and some fish in the “river” that were astoundingly huge.
While I was out and about with my sister and nephew, though, I caught a lovely cold and was out of it for about two weeks. Just this last weekend, though, my parents were out for a convention, and we visited a little and went to Filoli, which is a place I had never been before, although I have been past it many times. Filoli was nice enough, I suppose, if you like that sort of thing. Certainly, the gardens were very beautiful, but they are formal English gardens. I never really learned to love formal gardens and have always preferred things to be a bit more wild than that. Still, an interesting visit.
Yeah!
It was a great long silence – but glad to here you are back. Almost every visit with my niece and nephew, one of us picks up something from them. But totally worth it to see them.