We’re staying in a manicured, gated community, so the nature pickings are somewhat slim. But I did bring these lovelies home with me from my morning walk. I’m getting a nice little collection of seed pods here.
windfall
Author: Hashi
round and round we go
Emails, thank you’s, disaster relief research, chasing down leads, fund raising, fire maps … it all adds up to a lot of screen time. It’s so weird to be in someone else’s space, feeling like there’s so much to do and yet there’s almost nothing we can do. Hopefully a plan will coalesce soon.
new clothes
We fled the fire with only a few changes of clothes, but luckily there is no shortage of pre-loved garments in this part of the world, so we’re pretty well kitted out already.
pretty pods
Beauty falls from the trees.
feeling it
low impact spending pyramid
I made this graphic on Tuesday morning, before the Palisades Fire ripped through Malibu and burned down our house and everything in it. Food for thought, as we slowly replace myriad items that have been vaporised.
We have literally been dispossessed. Strange days.
palisades fire
inside out
Phoradendron
Now that the sycamores have dropped their leaves, it’s easy to see the parasitic plants. I wondered how mistletoe seeds can get a hold on the underside of their hosts’ branches. Turns out the seeds are sticky!
Pleiospilos nelii
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