Today is the last day of the holiday weekend, and the first day of Hanukkah. Hope all was cozy and satisfying for you and the people you love. It took…
We seem to have come out the other side of the atmospheric river. We had little streams crossing the property, and one place where water was spouting out of the…
Doesn't this pomegranate just glow? I dropped off a calendar at a friend's house in Petaluma yesterday morning. There in her yard was a whole shrub of them. I chose…
Social media mess yesterday, eh? Where else can we go to connect? I realized yesterday that FB and IG are where most people view them. I have this bIog on my…
How does one prepare to move things over to a new computer? My old iMac is groaningly slow. Not sure if that's a word, but it's how it makes me feel — I…
It's hot and smoky. This time last year we were evacuated to Oakland, to Elmwood. I made mandalas there with a new palette of botanical species. It was super smoky…
This August mandala is summer, with only three plants used in the design, and mornings are foggy, perfect walking weather. Sunflower, alstroemeria petals, rosehips Went up Sky Trail again this…
Love the combination of greens and blues in this one. And also the purple, great combo.
The light today reminded me of the last fire season. It's the day I associate with the start of the Woodward fire, though the lightning strikes came a day or two earlier.…
I got up really early this morning to listen to a curator in London from the William Morris Society talk about his gardens. It was fun, sitting in bed, watching…