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If you really look around you, there is plenty to be thankful for... Family, friends, good health, nature's bounty, and the beauty that surrounds us every day.
I am appreciative.
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Despite our appreciation of the unseasonal summer rains of a week ago, and the promise of an El Nino this winter, we must still learn to live with the on-going drought. And in case you are of the belief that drought tolerant plants translate to "Brown is the New Green" here are a few plant options that are currently blooming which might change your perceptions...
All images above were photographed in Southern California
during the summer and represent a mixture of native species, Mediterraneans, Australians, succulents and edibles - limiting the combinations only to each gardener's imagination. (More landscape photos can be seen at gardenscapestudio.com) The longest day of the year has come and gone, 15 hours and 6 minutes of sunshine... ...which I enjoyed by being outside until last light today after a very full weekend which began and ended in the garden.  And so I share with you my impressionist interpretation
of a summer landscape which befits the "golden hour". As it is my intention to post a Mini Series every month this year, (and we have already arrived at the last Monday in January) I decided to look no further than my neighborhood for inspiration. And I found an abundance of seasonal patterns - beginning with the flocks of wild parrots that have come to roost in our camphor trees for the winter...
Ended the old year by visiting the Craft and Folk Art Museum yesterday to catch Clare Graham's jaw-dropping exhibit and was gleefully tickled when the docent mentioned that "photography is encouraged"... Well, you don't have to tell me twice! Here are a choice few of the 200 images I came away with -  Panoramic overview from entrance. (Aluminum can wall mosaic, chaise and rug at right.)
 Show runs through Sunday, January 4.
I'm going to try to go again. |
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