Goli Posted August 26, 2017 Er, these were all taken this afternoon (8/25/17), the first day i took the camera with me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mackie Posted August 26, 2017 Goli, that is beautiful!! (we are commenting here, right? we are so few, i think we can keep it cosy :wink:) (I am really happy the update has such unexpected bonusses!) I read the history of this place when you first told us about it … sad with a happy ending, indeed! Such a gorgeous place … Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goli Posted August 26, 2017 Definitely we are commenting here i loved Heronswood when i first discovered it, not too long after i had moved up here from the Bay Area - twenty years ago. It was a huge disappointment when it was closed and gutted - Burpee sold everything they could make any $$$s off of. And although it was a huge relief when it was the tribe that got the property at auction, they weren't entirely sure what they had bought - i suspect that they just wanted to protect the land. They had reached out for help/suggestions, and i'm not quite sure how/when Dan Hinkley got back involved, but of course that was the real turning point. There were many people who were very fond of Heronswood - i was talking to a lovely lady tribal member who works there, and she told me a complete stranger had HUGGED her, and thanked her (that was after i told her yesterday that a very nice old couple had mentioned they were going to write the tribe a thank-you letter). That had evidently startled her at the time, but very pleasantly so. They really did NOT know what a reputation Heronswood had had back in the day. So, this has been wonderful for a lot of people. Even for some i am not so fond of myself - i had to laugh when i saw that, after popular demand, Hinkley is going to be giving private tours, at $100 per person, including a box lunch from the casino's event catering business (which handles the weddings that the casino events people also arrange). $70 of the $100 is tax deductible. i'm suspecting the clamoring for private tours emanated from the Infernal Busybody Idiots' Clownhouse and the Indianola Garden Club - which are intertwined. Anyway, GOOD that they drop some $$s where they will actually do some good Anyway, today i'm picking up my old friend from the Rael & Letson office days at the ferry, and we are going out to Heronswood - she's a real plant person, so i think she will really appreciate it. And i am NOT taking the camera Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goli Posted August 27, 2017 i wanted to really show off the place to my friend, without distracting myself - she provided all the distraction trying to take pics with her phone that that worked - the light was so bright she couldn't see what was on the screen. i WAS sorry later, that i didn't have the camera, at another place. Which i may go back to. WITH the camera Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bess Posted September 2, 2017 love this, will visit later, need to gaze at leisure. love the gardens the native trees are like where i live Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
