Category Archives: Occasional Daily Photo

succulents and ceramics

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Denise

Following the new social distancing guidelines, by the time I came to the end of the prescribed one-way route through the Sherman Gardens last month, my camera battery was dead just as I reached the last garden before the exit; … Continue reading →

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Huntington’s Fall Plant Sale 10/25/19

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Denise

One of those quirky associations that happens when looking for the perfect autumn light for an increasingly lanky potted euphorbia. Passiflora ‘Flying V’ handles its own light needs by threading itself through a grevillea, and so an improbable relationship is … Continue reading →

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autumn light in the Berkeley Hills

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Denise

Mitch was up in the Berkeley Hills over the weekend, which were suitably bathed in the golden light of autumn.  Knowing how much I love eavesdropping on gardens, he grabbed some quick, discreet photos of his rambles.   (I’m sharing them … Continue reading →

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escape from the heat

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Denise

Ecstatic, delighted, defeated, miserable? I probably cycle through all of those emotions in a single September day. I think a hot day’s super power is in how all-encompassing and omnipresent it can feel, blotting out memory and awareness of anything … Continue reading →

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Wednesday vignette 11/2/16

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Denise

Ever wonder what Huntington Botanical Garden employees display on their file cabinets? Luisa Serrano (Crow & Raven) and I got a tiny glimpse when we visited the Huntington in early October. The rest of these photos come from that visit … Continue reading →

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Wednesday poppies

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Denise

Through the dancing poppies stole a breeze most softly lulling to my soul. — John Keats

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Agave ovatifolia

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Denise

Treasured for being on the short list of agaves hardy to zone 7, this imposing agave is no less desirable in warmer zones. My recently planted ‘Frosty Blue’ has a ways to go before it looks like this: Photos of … Continue reading →

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Fishing with Senecio radicans

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Denise

From a recent garden tour. The fishhook senecio, Senecio radicans, doing what it does best, throwing its lines of hook-shaped leaves not from a pier but from a second-story balcony. Maybe I’m reading too much into this arrangement, because it … Continue reading →

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dishy tillandsias

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Denise

From a garden on the Los Angeles Garden Conservancy Open Days tour last weekend.

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young grasshopper

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Denise

Helping himself to a serving of Aeonium ‘Cyclops.’ I admit to being just ever so slightly phobic about grasshoppers. I have no idea why. No other insect rattles me like these. This one’s tawny color and freshly minted exoskeleton drew … Continue reading →

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