Huntington Fridays from 2014, the Desert Garden chapter 2

Last week was Part One of my 2014 visit to the Huntington Garden Desert Garden, today I'll wrap up that visit with Part Two, what a great way to start the New Year!...

My timing is a little odd, since we were just in the LA area for a week and yet I'm writing about a 2014 visit.

At the outset it seemed a little sacrilegious to not visit the Huntington again this year, after all I was so close.

But not visiting freed up time for other pursuits, which was good.

*sigh* there's no place like the Huntington though...

Agave macroacantha (I think)

Steps to nowhere? (I was a little off the actual path here, no worries, I got legal again real soon)

My reading material for the most recent trip was Oaxaca Journal by Oliver Sacks (good stuff). There was a humorous mention of his confusion in ordering an empanada. Tuna fish (atún) vs. Tuna (the fruit of the Opuntia), drastically different tastes!

Waving hello...

Waving goodbye...

Glowing!

Agave bloom spike #1...

Agave bloom spike #2 and #3...

#4 and #5 (let's not notice the fact I already shared these from the other side, but wasn't yet counting).

That bench was featured in my first post in this series on the Huntington.

Aloe 'Pink Perfection'

And Aloe 'David Verity'...

December is the time to visit for blooming Aloes!

Chorisia insignis trunk...

And flower...(and that's a wrap on this visit!)...hope these warm sunny desert garden images helped get your 2016 started right!

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