On Labor Day, Juliette and I went north across the Golden Gate Bridge to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, where Juliette’s horsey lives.
I tried to take pictures of Belle (the horsey) with Brian’s fancy camera, but I don’t understand horses and/or non-cat animal photography, so none of them were very good.
GGNRA is very cool, particularly if you have a genius horse like Juliette does. This is across the street from the barn:
After letting Belle walk around a bit and eat some grass, we went to Sausalito to have lunch with Juliette’s friend Karen, which was interesting. I do not think I’ve ever met a rabid James Blunt fan before…but perhaps she had never met a less-rabid Tristan Prettyman fan before…to each her own.
We came back across the Golden Gate Bridge, and I remembered to take a lackluster photo from inside the car:
(Also, it is worth noting that the number of tunnels I’ve been through was probably increased by a factor of 3 while in California.)
So when we got home, Juliette and Brent went to an HOA meeting, and I went for a walk up to Haight-Ashbury and beyond, then back down to the park, and here and there.
I was fascinated by these plants the whole trip…I just found out they are of the Brugmansia genus, and they are commonly called “angel’s trumpets.” More interestingly, the entire plant is poisonous. Wikipedia says, “All parts of Brugmansia are poisonous, with the seeds and leaves being especially dangerous. Brugmansia are rich in Scopolamine (hyoscine), hyoscyamine, and several other tropane alkaloids. Effects of ingestion can include paralysis of smooth muscles, confusion, tachycardia, dry mouth, diarrhea, migraine headaches, visual and auditory hallucinations, mydriasis, rapid onset cycloplegia, and death.”
“Full House houses”:
Obligatory Haight picture (my Haight-Ashbury street sign picture didn’t come out):
