San Luis Obispo Photos
Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Basking Monarch
We spent a day in San Luis Obispo last week. It is a fun place to wander around and the weather was great for it. We found this guy while walking the hound by the mission.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Glorious Morning
Actually, it was in the afternoon. But it was a really nice day!
This was on a recent "escape the heat" trip to San Luis Obispo.
Not that it was that much cooler there. But the hotel had air conditioning. :-D
Thursday, March 10, 2005
Chinese Lantern
One if my favorite day-trips is to San Luis Obispo. There
is an old mill there that has been converted into a hotel
they still use the water wheel to make small batches of Ice Cream.
Right by the water wheel is this beautiful plant. It is called
a Chinese Lantern, Chinese Bellflower or Flowering Maple. The latter
because of it's Maple shaped leaves, although there is no relation.
There is another plant [Physalis alkekengi] that is also commonly called
a Chinese Lantern, it's closely related to the Tomato and the Tomatillo.
It's lantern is closed at the bottom, rather than open like these.
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More info about Chinese Lanterns. -
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Physalis alkekengi and friends
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