In California the first rain is a cause for celebration, Not just for gardeners who can turn off the irrigation systems but the earth itself is joyous. Storm clouds move in from the Pacific, a stillness awaits as the cycle of life begins again.
Angel Unfolding – Tree Peony Fran’s last post has prompted me to follow up with a couple of photos from a series I call “Angels Unfolding”. She said in the previous post here at GGW: “Appreciating and connecting with nature is a profound way to vanquish the poverty of our souls. It can change our[...]
Summer has now slipped into September, and the Madrone bark cracks. Like sinews along the branch, the bark peels back revealing a fresh new skin, vaguely green and ready for winter growth. The old skin exfoliates almost suddenly, brought on by heat in a seasonal pattern nature repeats every summer. A sure sign that, here[...]
I got this e-mail from Margaretta Mitchell, photographer extaordinaire, who need an ID for a book she is completing and the homeowner could not remember the flower. She had consulted books and websites and everything suggested a Scaevola but Scaevola are all blue except for a few new white cultivars What rare new thing was[...]
Sometimes we look at our garden successes and wonder how to photograph it. What is the essence? What makes it work? I walked down my driveway this morning where I have a mixed shrub border and once again fell in love with Ceanothus ‘Marie-Simon’. While I like this straight on photo, composed to evoke the[...]