On New Year Day 2008, Connie and I went to Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto for a free concert, "Prodigies"— music of Mozart & Mendelssohn by the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. We arrived at 2:30 pm for the concert and the line was already coiling around the church. Then they announced that the church is full but some seats were left reserved for church members. I suggested a visit to nearby Gamble Garden at 1431 Waverley Street. It was my first visit there as my friend Susan had told me this is one of her favorite gardens in the Bay Area. Here are my photos (click for enlargement) and haikus written at Gamble Garden. I forgot to take photos of the Compassion Rose and the Bottle Brush plant, and have borrowed images from the Web, until my next visit. (Panorama View; Garden Map)
	Gamble Garden 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto Susan's favorite garden— Now I understand why— It's beautiful!
Rose Garden, Gamble Garden "Rosa Compassion", Climber, 1974 Photo from: www.rosefog.us Soft pink petals with spiral bud just blooming to wish "Happy New Year!"
	Grand Oak Area, Gamble Garden Woven Willow Hut I emerge from this Woven Willow Hut as if I'm in Tahiti.
Grand Oak Area, Gamble Garden Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) This grand oak is so monumental— I call it this garden's sentinel.
	Ornamental Beds, Gamble Garden Hemerocallis "Huapango" Photo from: www.theflowerexpert.com Bottle Brush (Callistemon citrinus) Orange thistle cone standing upright in the sun— a dishwashing brush!
Shade & Sun Garden, Gamble Garden Topiary Bunny at corner of Tea House A green bush all trimmed like a Easter Bunny— Hi! Peter Cottontail!
	Mediterranean Garden, Gamble Garden Giant Coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantean) Asteraceae, S. California Baja A slender 5 feet tall tree with a 10-petal yellow flower on top Here's a princess tree— soft green herb-like foliage with flower on her hair.
Gazebo, Gamble Garden with vines Sweet Autumn Clematis (C. terniflora) and Porcelain Berry (Ampelopsis brevipeduncelata) This gazebo near the garden's center is like a general's lookout.
	Shade & Sun Garden, Gamble Garden Frog Fountain sprouting musical bubbles Lotus leaf fountain with frog spewing out water— plop, plop, bubbles, plop!
Mediterranean Garden, Gamble Garden Euphorbia Lambil Lambii Monster midget tree without leaves but branches clawing like octopus.
	The Gamble House, Gamble Garden Colonial/Georgian house built in 1902 Canary Island Date Palm (Phoenix canariensis) near entrance & in the distance at right Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) Dad was born the year this house was built guarded by a tall Date Palm tree.
Wisteria Garden, Gamble Garden Octagonal Fountain Pool Fountain of Life Octogonal pool reflects the blue sky, cirrus clouds and leaves from trees.
	Cherry Allée, Gamble Garden Gamble family Sundial with Omar Khayyam's Rubayait LXXI quote The moving finger writes; and having writ, moves on: nor all your piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all your tears wash out a word of it. Time waits for no one so be timeless and fly north— centered in the Sun.

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