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trees of the panhandle
I have a copy of this small booklet published in 1973 by Elizabeth McClintock. She only identifies herself on the last page of the booklet, in a brief note explaining that this is the second edition; the original was published … Continue reading
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opera in the park
People-watching was as much fun as the music during the 37th annual Opera in the Park yesterday afternoon! Lying back, bellies full, soaking in the magnificent arias delivered with such verve and polish from the stage, humming along with one … Continue reading
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science on the living roof
When Renzo Piano, the Italian architect, first stood on the roof of the old California Academy of Sciences building and looked around at the surrounding green of the park and the hills beyond, a vivid image of the new building … Continue reading
bird walk
We met at 8 a.m., the first Sunday of the month, in front of the Botanical Garden, about thirty sleepy people with binoculars around our necks. The San Francisco Audubon Society offers monthly bird walks in the Botanical Garden, led … Continue reading
were those trees planted or left there?
On a recent afternoon, walking along the fern-lined Redwood Trail of the San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park, enjoying the musty scent of crushed redwood bark beneath my feet and the transcendental light filtering through the foliage high … Continue reading
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catch a gopher or a fish?
In front of the ornate, Victorian-era Conservatory of Flowers at the eastern end of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Tim is poking the end of a long, black hose into a hole in the grass. He’s after a lone … Continue reading
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golden gate park: views from the thicket 