{"id":50347,"date":"2013-12-27T12:23:17","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T16:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=50347"},"modified":"2013-12-27T12:23:17","modified_gmt":"2013-12-27T16:23:17","slug":"holiday-lull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=50347","title":{"rendered":"holiday lull"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>How are we all doing?  Holding up okay? The first holiday is already a wrap, and we&#8217;re suspended smack in the middle of the countdown to the next, so resumption of routine is still a week away. (And happy holidays, if I didn&#8217;t say so already.)  If you&#8217;re in Los Angeles, may I suggest a trip to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getty.edu\/art\/exhibitions\/morell\/\">Getty<\/a> during this holiday lull?  Traffic is fairly light, and the weather has been almost unbearably warm, so bring strong sunglasses to curb the blinding glare from all that travertine.  And water.  It will cost you $3 a bottle at the Getty.  And a large bag to stow the water bottle as you enter the galleries since there&#8217;s plentiful museum staff to point out your egregious behavior.  And make sure you have a fully charged camera battery.  Oh, and you must stay for the sunset.  And whatever you do, don&#8217;t forget to&#8230;well, that&#8217;s enough of me doing my best troop leader impersonation.  I will, though, just lastly point out that the Aloe bainesii are starting to bloom among the budding Euphorbia ingens, and it is quite the sight around 4 o&#8217;clock.  And after checking out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getty.edu\/visit\/center\/gardens.html\">Central Garden<\/a> in winter, with the huge sycamores along the rill scrubbed of all their leaves, inside the Getty there&#8217;s several wonderful photography exhibits, including the absorbing camera obscura work of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abelardomorell.net\/posts\/category\/photography\/\">Abelardo Morell.<\/a>  As usual, I was drawn to the work depicting landscapes.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/botanizeme007\/CO-Central-Park-Spring_2010_slide.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo CO-Central-Park-Spring_2010_slide.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Camera Obscura:  View of Central Park Looking North-Spring, 2010<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/botanizeme007\/CO-Central-Park-Summer.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo CO-Central-Park-Summer.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Camera Obscura:  View of Central Park Looking North-Summer, 2008<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/botanizeme007\/CO-Central-Park-Fall_08-800x624.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo CO-Central-Park-Fall_08-800x624.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Camera Obscura: View of Central Park Looking North-Fall, 2008<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/botanizeme007\/CO-Central-Park-Winter.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo CO-Central-Park-Winter.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Camera Obscura:  View Of Central Park Looking North-Winter, 2013<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/botanizeme007\/co-garden-with-olive-tree_09_slide.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo co-garden-with-olive-tree_09_slide.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Camera Obscura:  Garden With Olive Tree Inside Room With Plants, Outside Florence, Italy, 2009<\/p>\n<p><\/big><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How are we all doing? Holding up okay? The first holiday is already a wrap, and we&#8217;re suspended smack in the middle of the countdown to the next, so resumption of routine is still a week away. 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