Monday, September 3, 2007

Missed it Again

I missed it again.  Today is the third and last day of the Begonia Festival in Capitola, California. 

Residents of this quaint seaside town decorate floats with bouquets of Begonias, the flower that grows abundantly locally, and set them adrift on Soquel Creek.  There they drift lazily toward the sea.  However, before they reach the ocean they are stopped by an underpass at the Stockton Bridge, and there they gather to make a flower carpet in the lagoon

Well, maybe next year

 

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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 3, 2007 at 9:42 AM

    DRAT!  Didn't know it was THIS Weekend...once I was there just before the floats were made, there were gorgeous begonias laid out all along the creek just waiting to be attached to various floats...wonder if I have some old fashioned photos of those>?
    Kate

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 3, 2007 at 9:53 AM

    I'd like to see that.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 3, 2007 at 9:59 AM

    That sounds great, sorry you missed it. gg/Jackie

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 3, 2007 at 10:43 AM

    next year get pictures:)

    Deb

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 3, 2007 at 12:04 PM

    oh, sounds beautiful!  yes, get pictures!

    Krissy :)
    http://journals.aol.com/fisherkristina/SometimesIThink

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 3, 2007 at 6:22 PM

    Does the name RUBY Begonia ring a bell?

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 3, 2007 at 10:29 PM

        I love begonias.
    Jude
    http://journals.aol.com/jmorancoyle/MyWay

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