This looks like the patron saint of Los Gatos High School grads, or maybe it's just a tribute to those who received their diplomas recently at the scenic old high school.
Where is it? The first one to answer correctly in a comment below will receive a $5 gift card to Starbucks and a copy of my book, "Get The Best Deal When Selling Your Home in Silicon Valley". (Deadline June 25th for entries.)
Last week I took a couple of photos (with my treo) of Miner's Lettuce growing in Belgatos Park and I thought the readers here might like to see it. Apparently the name was given because during the Gold Rush, minters (and other settlers) ate it to stave off scurvey. The native people, the Ohlone, ate it too, of course. It can be eaten raw, in a salad, or cooked, something like spinach.
Apparently this plant springs up after heavy rains, so it's no surprise that they appeared recently. Below is a closer view of Miner's Lettuce.
I didn't actually know this was Miner's Lettuce until my husband, Jim, told me. But I thought it was an interesting factoid with a connection to the past and worth sharing.
There's a wealth of information on the web about this plant. One particularly good site is eNature.com. There you can input your zip code and find out about native plants, insects, wildlife etc. To see what's native to the Los Gatos 95032 zip code, click on this link.
The morning the skies were perfectly clear and void of clouds over Silicon Valley with one notable exception: just over the town of Los Gatos, a patch of low fog was clinging to the hills, nestled into the smaller valleys and cascading like a waterfall through the pass.
My husband, Jim Handy, snagged this photo from Communications Hill in San Jose at about 7:45am today. This was a great pic but the sky was very white, so I added some pale blue to the sky (using Picasa and the graduated tint function). Although the pic below is doctored, it gives a better "feel" for what we saw in Santa Clara County today.
Please enjoy the 90 second slideshow and additional photographs from yesterday's annual Los Gatos Holiday Parade. Many thanks to my husband, Jim Handy, for providing the many photos. He is a volunteer with the Los Gatos Parks Commission and a few of the images were from the float.
Would you like to see more pics and info? The Los Gatos Observer has a great article with lots of closeup shots and names: Los Gatos Holds 52nd Parade
Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year to Everyone!
The St. Mary's Country Fair in downtown Los Gatos is off to a fantastic start! Last night the place was hopping to the tunes of the Joe Sharino Band. Tonight it's the Cheeseballs. Come on back!
Today started off a little cool and slow but picked up by 11 or 11:30 or so. The wind died down and it got to be very comfortable, and folks from all over town were there.
The burrito booth ended up being over-staffed, so I was reassigned to work the skee ball booth from 10am to 1pm today. It was a great spot with a clear view of the stage and I saw loads of people I knew there, including Steve Rice, who's running for town council.
What's really neat about working a game booth, though, is being able to interact with kids. One young family came through and their daughter was just too adorable to not photograph (with their permission). I played with the image because unfortunately the toddler's face was shadowed and the groovy sunglasses she's wearing don't show up too well. I think my favorite of the four is the third one in from the left as it's really focused on her.
The Country Fair continues tonight and tomorrow. A petting zoo and pony rides are available again tomorrow from 11am - 3pm. Enjoy!
The original Los Gatos Cemetery was in an area now covered with shops. Recently I was in the neighborhood for a haircut and thought I'd videotape the spot where the cemetery used to be. The scariest thing I encountered, though, was someone's panic-stricken response to missing a rare parking spot!
Going the wrong way on a one way street can be a very expensive mistake. Luckily for this driver, no tickets were to be had that day.
Outings in Los Gatos are often scenic and sometimes surprising.
Quito Road, which meanders alongside the winding San Tomas Aquino creek and separates Los Gatos from Saratoga, has loads of odd signs reminiscent of the one here, but this isn't a sign from Quito Road.
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Mary Pope-Handy
Realtor, CRS, ABR, SRES, E-PRO
Luxor Real Estate Group
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