Daily Greens

From just over a year ago, as we said goodbye to my grandmother's house and yard in Ohio.  These guys were just pushing up out of the grass down by the marsh.  I love the red stems that glow against the green.

Bought this little vase yesterday from the Mount Washington Outpost for the right price of a dollar.  Had to fill it immediately, so I harvested my posy from the backyard: some chard, heather and another plant I'm embarrassed I do not know.

L.A. Park Planning

 alley behind Figueroa St.

"The Trust for Public Land even dreams of converting inner-city alleys into a recreational green web.

If you’ve ever lived in a property backed by an alley, you might argue that just as L.A.’s streets become default rivers during rains, L.A.’s alleys already serve as parks, if unintended ones."

Great article by the always interesting Emily Green in today's L.A. Times:

The Dry Garden: 'New Park Design in Los Angeles' exhibit dreams of a city turning back the clock

Strewn Leaves Palette

 

Friendly Beasts

Arctic Animals, Boreal Forest and Marine Animals from Banquet.  

New Views

We've just moved to a new house, and traded our views of hillsides and distant clouds for dappled light through a canopy of trees.  I awoke to this golden display on the first morning, and it's been there every morning since.  More to come of the new space and the wonders I've found in the new yard already.

Goodbye to this view

We have watched these two palms out of our kitchen window for the last 3.5 years.  The setting sun circles around them based on the time of year, casting different kinds of light into the kitchen, but their silhouette rarely changed (always accompanied by the friendly dome of the Griffith Observatory in the background).  We just moved this week, and had to leave this vista behind.  Goodbye palms, goodbye Observatory.  New views to come.