I spent Saturday trawling nurseries in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties with a friend. I'll provide a run-down in a later post but, for now, I wanted to share one display garden I photographed at Ventura Cactus & Succulents.
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| Bougainvillea covers a chain-link fence, providing a pretty backdrop for a wide variety of succulents and a few barrel cactus |
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| Left is one of the prettiest Kalanchoe luciae I've ever seen. At right is an interesting crested something-or-other. |
At risk that you may be a little tired of my sunrise and sunset views, I couldn't resist sharing this sunset scene from Sunday night.
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| Unlike most sunsets that set clouds afire, this one took advantage of moisture in the surrounding area to lay a filmy pink blanket over the mountains to the northeast |
These photos are my contributions to the Wednesday Vignette meme hosted by Anna at Flutter & Hum.
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