Sunday, February 02, 2014

Sunlight through ferns

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The patterns of the ferns, the sunlight, and the dark undergrowth caught my eye. For more, see http://alisontoon.com/ferns

Magnolias in monochrome

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The magnolias against a blue, blue January sky make for some beautiful monochrome images. For more, see http://alisontoon.com/ma...

Magnolias in January

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It was the last day of January, and on the street outside the Botanical Gardens in San Francisco's Golden Gate park, a small magnolia wa...
Saturday, November 30, 2013

I'm a lazy gardener

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It's true. I'm a very lazy gardener. The arthritic legacy of a long-ago motorbike accident, and many years in the dojo, plus Sacra...
Monday, July 15, 2013

Happy as a pig in... anywhere?

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They always look happy. They are always smiling. Even when they are asleep. Even when they are snoring. (All except for one noisy guy, right...

Two sheeps are better than one... or is that heads? And the wolves need a new sheep outfit!

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Sheep's clothing is now a fashion statement, and Mr. Wolf had better take note: At the California State Fair. Last ye...
Saturday, July 13, 2013

Midsummer heat and squirrel thieves

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I'm finding it really hard to work in the garden in the summer heat. The weeds are rampant, and that's partly because I couldn't...
Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Orange dragonflies and a Canon 100-400 zoom lens

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I rented a lens for the next few days: a Canon 100-400, f 4.5-5.6 L IS from BorrowLenses (really good system: you choose the lens and the le...
Saturday, June 29, 2013

In search of sunflowers

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On of the things I find (annoying? challenging? tricky???) is being able to find somewhere to stop and take photos when driving around North...

A gluten-free-vegetarian's swag bag

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Early-morning stop at the Yolo Fruit Stand , just off I-80 between Davis and Sacramento. Picked out a load of gluten-free, vegetarian, na...
Friday, June 28, 2013

Sacramento bloggers!

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Had a very nice time yesterday evening, meeting other local (Sacramento) bloggers: this is the group, Sacramento Bloggers (logical really!)...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Rainy-day

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Third day of rain, here in Northern California. Rain is unusual in June; but the garden is really enjoying it. We'll be back to scorc...
Monday, June 24, 2013

Strange summer

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Reminds me of the Tourists, "Strange Sky" . Today, it's the end of June, and it's overcast, muggy, damp. In Sacramento....
Thursday, June 20, 2013

Wonderful sight: a swarm of bees

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They are resting in a liquidambar tree in the front garden, after swarming around the Japanese-zen-like corner of the back garden. The tr...
Saturday, June 01, 2013

Hollyhocks!

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Hollyhocks are such a traditional, English-cottage-garden flower. And they are well worth the two years' patience. They tower to over te...
Monday, May 27, 2013

Memorial Day weekend. It's more than a holiday.

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The first year I lived in the USA, in California, the first Memorial Day holiday, I went to the ceremony at Mount Vernon Memorial Park, a ce...
Tuesday, May 07, 2013

It takes two years...

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... to knock a garden into shape. By that I mean two years of hard work, and you have a garden (English garden, which equals everything on t...

Roots and blooms!

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You'll start to see more postings here, on this blog, again. It's going to be used for my gardening stories, life stories, things th...
Sunday, January 30, 2011

At the risk of repeating myself, sunrise was beautiful today

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And then it turned into a beautiful springlike-but-with-snow-on-the-ground day.
Saturday, January 29, 2011

Saturday sunrise

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Yes, it was. Just like this.