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In a Vase on Monday: Oops, I did it again
Regular readers probably won't believe me when I state that I rarely plan on preparing more than one arrangement for "In a Vase on Monday," the meme hosted by Cathy of Rambling in the Garden. When I...
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Bloom Day - December 2016
Rain is virtually certain here today so I got out early this week to snap photos for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, hosted by Carol of May Dreams Gardens. By contrast to gardens in colder climates, I...
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Foliage Follow-up: 'Tis the Season
As I'm in the middle of Christmas holiday preparations, red and green are front and center so it seemed only appropriate to focus on foliage in those colors for today's Foliage Follow-up post. Some of...
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In a Vase on Monday: A different palette
With the holidays in full spin, time was at a premium this weekend so I didn't dilly-dally over the selection of flowers for "In a Vase on Monday" this week. A little tired of the color palettes I've...
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Wednesday Vignette: Moss
Moss makes me happy. I don't know why that is but I'm always delighted when it appears in our garden. Maybe it's a reminder of the rain that inevitably precedes its appearance. Maybe it's that it...
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Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas!
Christmas came early to Southern California with an unexpected rainstorm beginning Wednesday afternoon and continuing through Thursday morning. Our roof-top weather system recorded 1.14 inches of rain...
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In a Vase on Monday: Going Pink
I got a new vase from a friend for Christmas so I had to use it but, between holiday festivities and the cold temperatures outside, I didn't spend a lot of time collecting materials to fill it. The...
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Fishing for feedback
For Christmas, my husband gave me 3 ceramic fish for the garden. I've been trying them in various locations in an effort to find the best spot for them. I remain undecided. Here are some of the...
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Year-end Retrospective
Yesterday marked my fourth blogging anniversary. Although it feels as if I've been blogging for no time at all, a lot has changed in my life and in the garden within that period. I was amazed to find...
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In a Vase on Monday: New Year's Surprise
So I ventured into the garden on a very cold New Year's morning (below 50F!) to look for flowers and foliage to fill a vase. And what did I find but 2 stems of pink Eustoma grandiflorum (Lisianthus)...
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Wide Shots - January 2017
I've taken photos at intervals over the past week in preparation for my now quarterly wide shots post. I covered all the major areas of my garden this time around and pulled photos from last January's...
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Glorious Gray Skies
Most years, the annual the Rose Parade in Pasadena, broadcast around the world, proceeds under crystal blue skies on the first or second day of January. It's only rained 10 times in the parade's 128...
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In a Vase on Monday: Cleaning Up
I took advantage of a warm, dry spell to do some clean-up in the garden this weekend. My chores started with cutting back the tall, lanky stems of Melianthus major to make way for the new growth that...
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Wednesday Vignette: Growing from seed
I don't grow much from seed. It's not for lack of trying. I've planted seeds of some kind most years since we moved to our current location. Inadequate water accounts for some failures and raccoon...
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Bloom Day - January 2017
Although the last couple of days have been sunny and warm, it's been raining cats and dogs here off and on since December (hurrah!). Drought conditions in much of Southern California have been...
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In a Vase on Monday: Contrasting textures
The inspiration for today's "In a Vase on Monday" post came from yesterday's Bloom Day post. While viewing the photos I'd taken for that post, I was struck by the similarity in the colors of my...
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Foliage Follow-up & Wednesday Vignette Mash-up
For a variety of reasons, time has gotten away from me this week. However, as I didn't want to let two of my favorite memes go unacknowledged, I thought I'd address both in a single post using photos...
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A Visit to Eden
I recently had an opportunity to meet up with some of my favorite bloggers not too far away from home. Loree of danger garden paid a brief visit to Southern California and had made arrangements to...
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In a Vase on Monday: It had to be pink
I spent Saturday in downtown Los Angeles. Just after 7am, with 2 friends, I boarded a bus filled with 55 women and 2 men for a 45-minute trip to Pershing Square to join the Women's March-Los Angeles....
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Wednesday Vignette: A Beautiful Day
This is a garden blog but I'm going to stretch its boundaries to share photos of last Saturday's Women's March-Los Angeles, as it was a beautiful day in all respects. After days and days without the...
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