A key featured entertainment was the "Foreign Barbarian" Go-Go band. The girl on the right appeared to be Japanese (style, face, figure, and motion), the others were foreign barbarians. The back-up singers were not particularly talented vocalists (i.e., not really on key), but every now and then they picked up some flutes and played along. That was a really beautiful sound.
The cherry trees were a little past their prime, but I consoled myself with multi-hued rose/lavender lilacs...
....and purple lilacs:
They also had lovely hyacinths ("they called her the hyacinth girl", my introduction to "new wave/alternative" music)...
...and pansies...
... and wisteria:
Lest you think the garden was sponsored by Welch's grape juice (bringing you the subliminal message: "purple"), near the main entrance, they have some bright pinks and reds, very nice. A lot of people were drawn to them. One woman crouched down among the bushes so her friends could take pictures of her peeking out from them. A 7-year-old girl wearing a red T-shirt couldn't bear to be with her parents away from the rush of colors. (Although this picture shows more purply pinks, I guess. Oh well.)
As a public service announcement: this is what happens when you don't clear off your cobwebs now and then:
The spiderweb gate led to a "native plants" area, which featured a lot of poison ivy. However, there was also a nice Monet-style pond (sans water-lilies):
I explored the garden solo, then met up with friends for dinner (pizza!) and a movie... Chariots of Fire. I think there was a lot of padding in the movie (slow mo closeups and recaps of the runners). They could have done it in less than an hour. And what's up with the theme music - the only part of the movie I knew in advance? That didn't come until the very end. Hmmm. It was also interesting because I thought Abrams and Liddel were going to face off at the end so that one would "defeat" the other. Instead, they both won - and it seemed that even Abrams found some peace of mind and opportunity for happiness at last.
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I wish I had been there to see all the purple flowers! Did you mean to say that you saw Chariots of Fire? That's a running movie, but Chariots of the Gods is something else.
You know, I keep getting the two names confused. Yes, of course, it was Chariots of Fire. I think Chariots of the Gods was by the same guy who wrote Are We the First?, but I'll readily admit I could be just as wrong on that one. Thanks for keeping me honest, G-san.
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