But it is on the ocean side of the mountains so summer fog and winter sunshine. My husband is from Daly City. His Dad gave me my first orchid back in the early '70's - a cymbidium which I immediately killed. He left his outside year 'round so I thought that's what I would do. It froze.
He kept giving them to me though.
In 2002, my mother in law and her siblings gave me 3 orchids as a thank you gift - I did their family history in photos called '101 years in America' I have managed to keep one of the orchids alive - a shockingly purple/pink cattleya with huge flowers.
Father in law also gave me my first lessons in the art of Bonsai. My mother in law taught me to cook (my Mom did NOT cook) and make tsukimono and umeboshi (I am the only one in the family who can make any of this stuff).
My mother in law died a couple years ago at the age of 97. We just celebrated Dad's 104th birthday. This is a photo of his yard and house I took at the party.. It was July 9th and the fog came and went all day long. Luckily we didn't have to light the yard heaters. Dad's father came in the 1950's and built it - took him 6 months. About 20 years ago, I put the whole yard on drip.
Hmmm.. I'm on my tablet. I'm going to have to edit pictures in.
