Is a camera with more megapixels better? In our bigger is better culture your might be inclined to think so, but for everyday use more could be serious overkill. Here’s a quick look at some of what a super-high resolution… Read More »high-res camera in the october garden
What a scorcher. Yesterday, while driving around, doing some shopping, I noticed the dashboard thermometer was reading 108 degrees. Gack. It felt it. The humans were sweltering and the garden wasn’t exactly exalting in the heat. Add to the heat… Read More »hades called, wants its heat back
I’ve been reading David Rakoff lately. How I got to doing it is a little morbid but I’m sure you’re guilty of it too: An author dies; you’re reminded that the author was someone you’d always meant to look into;… Read More »why i did it
I just popped over to the Art San Diego 2012 contemporary art fair, which runs through Sunday. In addition to art, there was a lot of interesting design. A couple of the pieces or installations employed live plants and I… Read More »from the art fair
Last year I showed you some of the construction leading up to the installation of Fallen Star, this art installation by Korean artist Do Ho Suh. Basically it’s a tiny Providence, Rhode Island-style house and garden that has improbably landed… Read More »visiting the fallen star
None of us live by gardening alone. Lately I’ve been going back to some of my earlier days, composing music. If you’ll be anywhere near Long Island later in July I invite you to a performance that’ll include one of… Read More »music in the garden
When life gives a crappy cellphone video camera, well, you make crappy cellphone videos. Not that the world needs any more of them but I’m such a narcissist that I’m sure these are only crappy in their total lack of… Read More »pink lawn flamingoes, reloaded
Here are a few more photos from My previous post looked at the Cultivar Garden and Wildflower Meadow at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden. Today I’m sharing a couple more categories of what you’ll find there: shade gardens and California… Read More »more from rancho santa ana botanic garden
In mid-May we had a chance to go up to Claremont, home of the Claremont Colleges, to see John’s niece graduate from Pomona College. (Congratulations Chrysanthe!) Claremont also happens to be home to one of the premier California native plant… Read More »quick side trip to rancho santa ana botanic garden
Were you under the path for Sunday’s annular eclipse? Or at least some place where you could get a decent partial eclipse? I was up in northern San Diego County, doing family stuff. I had a reasonable camera but no… Read More »failed eclipse photos