Back to the Fuchsia

Back to the Fuchsia
            I knew when I was getting married that I was marrying into a family of bad punsters. My Japanese husband and his brother’s interactions almost always included at least one chuckle over a bad play on words.
            The word for “pun” in Japanese is share (pronounced “sha-ray”), but bad puns have their own word, dajare(pronounced “dah-ja-ray”). My husband and brother-in-law specialize in the latter.
            I was reminded of this on a recent outing to the Fuchsia Dell in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park when I said I was going to write an Insights post using the Fuchsia Dell for an archive post.
            A minute or two went by.
            “You could title the Insights post ‘Back to the Fuchsia,’” he said with a smile knowing I would give him the disapproving side eye at the very thought.
            The problem with puns is that they become like earworms, those songs that get stuck in your head and you can’t get rid of. Once he said that, for the life of me, I could not think of another title for this week’s Insights post.
            As you roll your eyes at the silly pun, remember that: 1) It’s not my fault, and 2) Favorite flowers come into bloom again every year.
            Take a little time to enjoy your favorite flowers, and keep putting one foot forward!
            This week’s Hike Notes from the archives, Fuchsia Dell-Golden Gate Park, takes readers to a quiet, shady part of Golden Gate Park, where fuchsias bloom from May to late fall.
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This week’s hike from the archives:
Hike Notes 134: Fuchsia Dell-Golden Gate Park