sprouting
Tag: garden
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.
Bulbine frutescens
I’m learning a lot from Let’s Botanize. This week: RAM and SAM.
makeover
Ma’s patio decor was in dire need of a refresh. She had some nice colourful ceramic pots, but all the plants were dead and the plastic watering can had perished in the sun. So I showed up with potting soil and a bunch of new plants and gave the place a makeover. She was thrilled!
Ficus carica
I was reading up on the fig leaf in Western culture, and came across a funny story:
The V&A Museum in London holds a plaster cast of Michelangelo’s David. When Queen Victoria first saw the replica, she was reportedly so horrified by its nudity that a proportionally sized fig leaf was commissioned to cover the statue’s genitals. The leaf was kept on hand for royal visits and attached to the figure with two discreet hooks 😂.
Chrysoperla
I was wandering around the yard with my sketchbook, looking for some inspiration, when a little bug landed on my page. Yay! Lacewings are highly beneficial to gardeners and farmers because of their voracious appetite for small soft-bodied plant pests like aphids and small caterpillars.
flower shadows
eat more greens
in a’s garden
next up
More future yumminess.
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