June 14, 2018 at 6:22 pm (Flowers)
Tags: Cee Neuner, Garden, Redwood City, summer
Cee’s current Fun Foto Challenge is COLUMNS.
This time, instead of going over her archives, self went to the backyard. She’s always drawn to her rose bushes.
In a few days, this column will turn into a spray of red-and-white-striped roses.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
May 25, 2018 at 5:30 pm (Flowers, postaday, Surprises)
Tags: California, Fridays, Garden, postaday, postaweek, Redwood City, Wordpress
Betty Boop and Fourth of July roses
Self is so fascinated by this twisted vine, which was only revealed after she did heavy cutting back of some overgrown bushes:
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
May 16, 2018 at 2:05 am (Books, Flowers, Places, postaday, Women Writers)
Tags: Garden, novel, postaday, postaweek, reading lists, Wordpress
Self’s garden, this morning:
Cover detail: Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys, the next book on her reading list
May 10, 2018 at 2:14 am (destinations, Flowers, Places, postaday)
Tags: California, postaday, postaweek, Redwood City, Wordpress
Light’s fading. After dinner, self went to the backyard to squeeze off a last round of shots:
Blown: The first Betty Boop blooms
Fourth of July Rose
And that’s it for today!
Garden, take a bow.
Other PLACES IN THE WORLD:
Stay tuned.
May 9, 2018 at 10:57 pm (Flowers, Links, Places, postaday)
Tags: California, Garden, happiness, postaday, postaweek, Redwood City, Wordpress
Where do you belong? — Erica V., The Daily Post
Right now, this is self’s place in the world. It’s about 20 miles south of San Francisco.
Her Frida Kahlo Rose: It’s on the front porch.
The Backyard Today: ’tis somewhat wild.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
May 4, 2018 at 12:36 am (Flowers, postaday, Surprises)
Tags: Garden, postaday, postaweek, Redwood City, Wordpress
Self’s garden is very much “in process.”
It used to frustrate her: Nothing seemed to grow right.
She left for three years, and this is what it looks like now:
A wee little rose in a wooden planter box, that looked dead, dead, dead — in a few months of regular watering, is covered with beautiful magenta blooms.
She forgot how many irises she planted. The ones in the side yard were deep blue. The ones next to the lime tree were white. And these, against a side fence, are lavender and yellow.
She hung up this wooden angel 20 years ago. At the time she hung it, nothing grew around it. Now, it’s almost completely obscured by a huge bush of yellow beach daisies.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
May 2, 2018 at 8:39 pm (Flowers, Links, Lists, Places, postaday, Surprises)
Tags: Cee Neuner, Garden, happiness, postaday, postaweek, Redwood City, Wordpress
This week’s challenge is to share a photo of something unlikely: an object or person in an unlikely place, an unpredictable experience, a serendipitous accident . . .
— Michelle Weber, The Daily Post
Today, instead of looking through her archives, self decided to take some pictures of her garden.
She’s just back to her house in Redwood City after almost three years. The garden is not the same: it’s a little wilder. But she likes it.
Here are the unexpected survivors:
Variegated Abutilon: The mother plant died, but two feet away, self discovered these sprouts.
White flowers suddenly began appearing, all along the back fence:
She thinks these are Viburnum Opulens? They just started blooming. Profusely.
These yellow beach daisies are amazingly resilient. This bush is about the height of the fence, and it’s been blooming non-stop since February.
OTHER UNLIKELY:
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
April 23, 2018 at 4:12 pm (Artists and Writers, Books, Flowers, Places, postaday, Traveling)
Tags: Mendocino, Mondays, postaday, postaweek, Wordpress
A few more pictures inspired by the Daily Post Photo Challenge this week: PROLIFIC
Gallery Bookshop, Mendocino, 17 April 2018
Spotted on Lansing St., Mendocino, 19 April 2018
The View Across the Street From the Gallery Bookshop, Main Street, Mendocino, 21 April 2018
April 20, 2018 at 12:11 am (Artists and Writers, Flowers, Links, Places, postaday, Weather)
Tags: concerts, Events, Mendocino, music, postaday, postaweek, seasons, Wordpress
It was another beautiful day in Mendocino. One thing about being here, there is always something self can take a picture of.
Right now, it is spring. So there’s an unbelievable amount of action going on, even in the vacant lots, and even if it’s just grass.
Hodder Field, One Block from the Mendocino Art Center
Self’s attention was caught by the swaying grass in Hodder Field.
And there are many, many spring concerts abounding, such as this one advertised on a poster tacked up to a fence on Ukiah Street:
Spring is a great time to be outdoors and just soaking up the sights in Mendocino.
Her friends are telling her to come back for the Mendocino Music Festival (July) but all accommodations are booked solid.
Never mind. She’s just happy to be here in April.
Other PROLIFIC:
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
April 19, 2018 at 12:09 am (Artists and Writers, Flowers, Food and Drink, Links, Lists, Places, postaday, Traveling, Weather)
Tags: artists residency, California, inspiration, Mendocino, postaday, postaweek, seasons, Wordpress
It is spring. Self had a sudden hankering for shiitake mushrooms. So she walked to Corners of the Mouth Market on Ukiah. The vacant lots she passed were dotted with little white and yellow flowers, a whole profusion of them. She wouldn’t have stopped to take pictures if she hadn’t been thinking of this week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge: PROLIFIC.
Kids lying on their backs, stretched out on the soft grass. School’s out, AYAYAYAYAY, such a beautiful afternoon.
She peeked over a fence and saw a shelf filled with whimsical ceramic objects.
Also PROLIFIC:
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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