When I get curious about something I have previously taken for granted, my little mind is blown by all the things I do not know.
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Alstroemeria
On the way back from Carpinteria, I stopped at the flower stand on Highway 150 and bought myself a little treat.
Cichorieae
More new botanical vocabulary. Pappus! Achene!
little yellow house
Very fast sketch while waiting at a cafe.
don’t be glumey
Just when I thought I knew the parts of a flower, glumes and lemma and lodicules come along.
dog bed
Bodie is getting bony in her old age, so I purchased a new bed, thick and cushy. She often prefers to be on the bare floor, closer to one of us. And even when she does use the bed, there’s usually a significant portion of her body down on the floor.
cotyledons
Funny the things one recalls from youth. I remember learning about monocotyledons and dicotyledons, and just loving those words. I was probably insufferable, informing disinterested people about the difference. (Grasses are monocots, having only a single cotyledon). See, I’m still doing it. 😂
taft gardens
Taft Gardens & Nature Preserve is so visually and botanically rich it was hard to find a composition with some breathing room. I was there for an art opening and only got to see a small portion of the cultivated gardens; I definitely want to return and explore more.
Quercus
I joined with the Ellwood Friends Nature Journal Club at the Goleta Butterfly Grove, one of the most significant monarch butterfly overwintering sites in California (must go back in winter to see them!). I was happy to find a coast live oak laden with baby acorns, as it seems that this species is having another lean crop year.
landscapito
It was hot. I was not dressed for a hike but I wanted to sketch while I was out, so I detoured to a trailhead. I perched on a rock as far in the shade as I could squeeze, given the sharp oak leaves scratching my back, and rendered this quickly.
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