When we moved here in 2012 I was oddly drawn to a granite outcropping in the featureless center of the backyard. There is something deeply appealing about massive, half-buried rock lying around like a geological shipwreck, and I wanted to “do something with it”. Inauspicious beginnings: (L-R above): November […]
So much beauty so late in the season…
We’ll assume this story is apocryphal because I can’t source it beyond Jeff and I talking about it. If it’s not apocryphal I’m likely mangling details so we’ll just consider it an illustrative ‘maybe’: When architects were designing sidewalks at UC Berkeley, they observed the natural paths made by students […]
I love culinary rue* and use a lot of it around fruit trees (supposedly it repels Japanese beetles but I have a plum tree with some thoughts to share on that point.) The smokey blue color is astounding, the shape of the leaves is weird and elegant and unlike anything […]
I love when you can touch plants with your eyes alone. When changed to black and white, texture is still enchanting. I’m trying not to be driven insane that the second gallery is not in the same order as the first gallery. Forgive me, I’m trying to cut down on […]
Solomon’s Seal (genus Polygonatum), especially Variegated Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’), native Solomon’s Seal and Giant Solomon’s Seal). Rhizomatous, lankily arching, and elegant like the curves in paisley. The variegated version lives in miserable conditions along the garage. Dry, dark, abandoned. Does it distract from the concrete foundation? Maybe not, […]