The Filoli Legacy
Page Under Construction: Will feature the Filoli Mansion and Gardens below San Francisco. The mansion was built by William Bourn, head of the 'Water Control Board' or 'Waterschap' for San Francisco. Filoli estate overlooks the artificial lake that supplies San Francisco's water. The book 'Watership Down', by Richard Adams, is about an ideal place similar to Camelot. The story is based on the author's WWII experience at Oosterbeek (East-Stream) in Holland.
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A Kingly Estate |
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mansion and surrounding valley is a haven for bicyclers, amateur
gardeners, skaters, artists, and cheese lovers. It is also the venue
of the Calidocious® Inc. annual meeting.
In addition to the numerous formal gardens at Filoli, the entire valley becomes a garden each spring. The wild California Poppy is California's Offical Flower.
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William Bourn's water company didn't supply 100% of the water for San Francisco. When Golden Gate park was being built, water from the water company would have been too expensive to irrigate the huge park. A cheaper solution was to build two huge windmills at the world at the north and south ends of the park. The windmills pumped enough ground-water to irrigate the park.
Over time, the windmills were replaced by electric pumps and the windmills fell into disrepair. Major restoration of the Southern Windmill is underway and will be completed shortly.
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Windmill Restoration Project-Worlds Largest Windmill |
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Car-free Sunday |
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The precise wording of the Bourn creedo is "FIght for a just cause, LOve your neighbor, LIve a good life". Calidocious® Inc.'s corporate philosophy is very similar. However, Calidocious® Inc. adds a burgundian touch and changes "LIve a good life" to "LIve the good life".
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Dutch Treat |
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FIght for onE jusT cauSe! |
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| The word for bicyle in Dutch is 'Fiets'. 'Fiets!' is a fitting acronym for William Bourn's first precept.
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World Class Graphic Art |
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FiLoLi Fashion |
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Temple in honor of Waterschap (Watercontrol) |
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