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| I visited San Diego last week. My daughter who is just fine right now, was in the hospital for a total of 8 days. That is too long for me to stay away. I stayed in a hotel where I could visit her daily, and once she left we visited the city. During her hospital stay she had to walk a lot, so she tried to show me the city through all the different windows. It is dry. I do not know exactly who on this forum is in San Diego, I just see your zone numbers, but the water restrictions are horrible. We saw the Marston House gardens, then I chose the harbor rather than the rest of Balboa Park. (My stay was almost over, and we needed to make choices.) A tree on the Marston House property was so dry, just like so much vegetation. It was sad. The harbor and the ships are impressive, but the parking is outrageous. Who walks around with a pocket or purse full of quarters? Eight quarters an hour??? But the food at the harbor is great.We ended up eating there the two nights that she was out of the hospital. I could have joined in with the other threads about California, but I did not even want to see the gardens at Balboa Park, thinking that their condition would be very sad. Truly the city is beautiful. The people are nice, and the hospital was very nice. My hotel was a set of suites that are very nice and each has a kitchen. It became pretty easy to buy food in the hospital cafeteria and keep it in the room. I do hope San Diego and all the other cities get rain before too long. I also hope that none of you are around the fires. Good luck in getting the rains that you really need and deserve. Sammy |
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| Thank you, Sammy. Much appreciated. I'm glad your daughter has recovered well. I wish you could see California in good times. We in El Lay have it about as bad, but, barring any more outrageous water main breaks, supposedly have up to two years of water "in storage". Who knows how much of that has been wasted in the latest round of ancient infrastructure failures? Kim |
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| Yes -- THANK you Sammy. I fear that, sometimes, we sound pretty whiney ... but really, this long drought is hard to swallow. It's all the worse for the predictions that we may now only be in the initial stages of a very, very long drought. It's changing our way of life -- and it has certainly changed the way I look at a great many things. Water running down the street to a storm drain -- Overly fed/watered lush green lawns -- I grieve when I think of the waste. Jeri |
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- Posted by mendocino_rose z8 N CA. (My Page) on Fri, Sep 19, 14 at 18:45
| I hope Balboa Park looks as we last saw it. We love San Diego. It's a wonderful place to visit. We also drove up to Julian in the mountains above San Diego with a map of the old roses there. That was great fun. You would be surprised at how many lovely rose people live in that area. |
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- Posted by organic_tosca 9/Sunset 14 (My Page) on Fri, Sep 19, 14 at 18:46
| Sammy, it's too bad that you had to see SD in this drought. My parents lived in San Diego for a number of years, and I visited them often - I always marveled at the beautiful plants and flowers, especially in neighborhoods that were fairly near to the ocean. But, of course, San Diego was always basically a desert next to an ocean - an ideal climate for growing succulents, which were magnificent. I myself live in Sacramento, and yes, we are near the fires. It's a bad year, as all the vegetation in the foothills and the mountains is so dry. And, while it's true that drought years (like earthquakes) are part of living in California, many of us are feeling that this drought cycle could be a long one. Some people have plowed up their front lawns and put in drought-tolerant plants. We who love roses are hoping that we can baby them through - many of the roses in the Old City Cemetery Rose Garden have come from places in the foothills where they survived on their own without anyone caring for them for years, so we know that they are survivors! I hope that you can visit San Diego later on under happier circumstances. And I'm glad your daughter is OK! |
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- Posted by kittymoonbeam (My Page) on Fri, Sep 19, 14 at 21:32
| There are (were?) a number of growers in the San Diego area raising cut flowers. It's a wonderful climate for flowers. They grow things that my area in Orange County is just slightly too hot to get the best performance. Balboa Park is lovely and has beauty all around and wonderful lotus and lily ponds and an impressive shade house. I'm sorry that plants have to suffer when the drought comes. Especially the old trees. My grass is dead now. I let it go and put down wood mulch to give the remaining water to the roses. |
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| I live about 25 miles inland from San Diego and haven't seen the central part of it for some years since my stepdaughter and family live in the suburbs there, and frankly I'd rather keep my memories of when it was lush and green. We may have a few years in the future with what we would call normal winter rains here, but in between the projection is longer and drier summers, scant winter rain and greater heat. It's grim, but then so is the outlook for the rest of the world, and I doubt that many of us are really prepared for the reality of it. Ingrid |
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