The recent decision by the United States Supreme Court upholding the Affordable Care Act will likely go down as the most important decision of the past several decades.
- Drew Ryan Devonshire, son of Sarah Blythe (Thomson) and Ryan Ernest Devonshire of Ben Lomond, was born at 4:20 a.m. July 9, 2012, at Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz. He weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces.
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To quote Luther Burbank, "Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul." After visiting the garden of Bev Kaplan in Boulder Creek, I couldn't agree more.
A garden has many purposes. It's a place to grow delicious tomatoes and mouthwatering fruit picked ripe off the tree. It's a place to read your favorite book on a comfy chair in the shade. It's a place to watch birds and butterflies when they visit the flowers you've planted just for them. It's a place to go when you need to get away from all the hustle and bustle of daily life. And it's a place of healing.