It's been eight weeks without sugar. I haven't really missed it, though I sometimes get a thought, "wouldn't it be nice..." Recently, I was offered and took a bite of savory…
Flying on angel wings, angel wing begonias that is. There are a few different types of begonias, these being cane begonias. They're named that because the stems look like bamboo…
Working with the money plant's inner leaves is like playing with shimmery shells. As green plants they don't look like much, and the flower is kinda "meh", but when it's…
Two days out from the recall, the ridiculously expensive, time-wasting recall. I'm relieved and grateful that enough people voted No, and now we can go back to doing what we can…
Fibonacci refers to patterns of numbers in nature, and were first described by the mathematician Leonardo of Pisa. You can see them in the arrangement of stems on a branch, on…
This is the first one on the new computer. Mostly it's the same, but every so often I'm stumped, usually by the navigation. I backed up everything to an external…
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…
Dahlia, breath of heaven leaves, Japanese anemone, dahlia petals I had a "drinking dream" the other night, though this time it was a "sugar dream". My drawing teacher and some other indistinct…