Under the Solano Sun

I don't know if it's a generational preference or not, but I enjoy sending and receiving paper greeting cards. You can tell the time and effort the sender put in to selecting the greeting card for you.

It's not every day that horticulture is represented in an Official Presidential Portrait. In fact, the recently unveiled portrait of President Barack Obama may be the first ever.

It's spring time! Hooray It's going to be another successful year of gardening. My favorite flower Oxalis corniculata has already bloomed. I am probably a good oxalis gardener because everywhere I go I can propagate this plant successfully.

My husband and I tackled the Blue Ridge Loop Trail above Lake Berryessa in mid-March. He had been on it once before and had shown me beautiful pictures looking down on the lake.

Some months ago, I was reading about the opening of a cafe/restaurant in San Francisco which served Paleo-oriented, non-GMO, and mostly grain-free cuisine, and that article referenced Mission Heirloom Garden Cafe in Berkeley, CA, as being the only other restaurant of its kind in the Bay Area.