tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post3826010718567140703..comments2023-04-28T04:10:44.539-07:00Comments on My Back 40 (Feet): Marienbad in San Franciscochuck b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-82357572004697070052009-07-13T12:23:53.757-07:002009-07-13T12:23:53.757-07:00*happy sigh*
I just adore taking these walks/driv...*happy sigh*<br /><br />I just adore taking these walks/drives with you. Thanks, from a girl who is not likely to ever see California in person! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-87348195517057049762009-07-12T11:30:19.084-07:002009-07-12T11:30:19.084-07:00chuck b.
I am endlessly grateful for your document...chuck b.<br />I am endlessly grateful for your documentation of this the beauty you find around you every day.<br />When I miss the city, you show me the sweet side and the creamy filling.<br />much gratitude, dude.cdillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17464173254370782343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-36436826351015889612009-07-11T16:12:36.063-07:002009-07-11T16:12:36.063-07:00Siting here in the south, almost 100 degrees, too ...Siting here in the south, almost 100 degrees, too damn hot to be outside and tired to death of being inside. Your tour was just what I needed. Loved the light green Dick Tracy looking house...... ThanksWondering Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05066421845469053309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-17320895686341900142009-07-11T09:27:45.329-07:002009-07-11T09:27:45.329-07:00I appreciate that you took several shots of the ur...I appreciate that you took several shots of the urn as they give you a good sense of its context. As ever, your shots of all of the exotica give me zone envy. I really like the Schwartzkopf paired with that finely textured goldy green foliage.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-54727498915483217302009-07-10T19:41:17.414-07:002009-07-10T19:41:17.414-07:00I killed my Aeonium 'Zwartkopf'/'Schwa...I killed my Aeonium 'Zwartkopf'/'Schwartzkopf', too. So I bought an even more expensive A.'Dinner Plate'!! Still alive! I have it in a place I don't reach with the hose often..hmmmm another victim of overwatering??<br /> But loved your photo of the coleonema combo AND the phormium in the backgrund -looks like P.'Guardsman' - oohhlala. I have that - it's Ann Atkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12725150717798923531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-81247848536358411182009-07-10T13:08:45.329-07:002009-07-10T13:08:45.329-07:00I am death to Aeonium. I don't know what I...I am death to Aeonium. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-55870751955092093162009-07-10T12:55:24.586-07:002009-07-10T12:55:24.586-07:00Thanks for sharing another great walk Chuck. I use...Thanks for sharing another great walk Chuck. I used that book when I spent a weekend in The City last month. Finally got to see the parrots on Telegraph Hill :)<br /><br />I love that Coleonema and and Aeonium duo, too bad the deer insist on munching my Aeoniums...Michellehttp://fromseedtotable.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-2116828315300874252009-07-10T12:08:36.626-07:002009-07-10T12:08:36.626-07:00This neighborhood is one of San Francisco's fe...This neighborhood is one of San Francisco's few neighborhoods with an HOA. All the homeowners must pay dues to maintain the public areas. <br /><br />Until 1978, they also had to pay for street maintenance, because the streets are not to city code. And they *still* have to pay for stair and sidewalk maintenance.<br /><br />This neighborhood was laid out in the 1910s and 20s before the kind chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-54778880716581455152009-07-10T11:40:07.128-07:002009-07-10T11:40:07.128-07:00This is some pretty luxe territory! Love the arch...This is some pretty luxe territory! Love the arched gate and doorway, that might have to go into my idea book for future house building. If only there could be someone found who could do it. That large urn is a marvel, I wonder how it got there and who paid for it? City taxes? Who plants it? The landscaping you showcased is so well thought out. We just bought six gold leaved yuccas for theFranceshttp://fairegarden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-28316440750075928062009-07-10T05:16:12.292-07:002009-07-10T05:16:12.292-07:00Is there some sort of context for why all these st...Is there some sort of context for why all these stairways bisect the neighborhoods in San Fran, a city building ordinance or some such? I just don't see developers doing this on their own volition.<br /><br />That little hydrangea looking shrub looks like it could be a hibiscus.Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-54930389172808062882009-07-09T20:17:29.936-07:002009-07-09T20:17:29.936-07:00Ai! The green, the lush, the quirky buildings, th...Ai! The green, the lush, the quirky buildings, the beauty!Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15597630887713954960noreply@blogger.com