Photos
Gray Day, Orange Aloe
This little 6" orange marmalade aloe chose the biggest Pacific storm of the year as the perfect time to put out this foot tall bright fuchsia bloom.
Mariner’s Kalanchoe in Bloom
Rescued a piece of a Mariner's Kalanchoe from a trash bin in 2019. Today it's flourishing in the succulent garden and blooming like there's no tomorrow
San Onofre Poinsettia Fields in 1941
A 1941 photo postcard of hundreds of acres of poinsettias in bloom on the San Diego coast where Camp Pendleton and San Onofre State Beach are now located.
The Super Bowl keyhole garden
The keyhole garden planted for Super Bowl. All the veggies we need for garlic-cheese potatoes, nachos, and a vegetable tray (if I could grow queso, I would) .
Last Tomatoes for 2022
I was doing one last late autumn veggie garden inspection before I sent the chickens in for cleanup and found a Roma tomato still churning out tomatoes!
Poinsettia Rescue Two Years Later
I bought a mostly dead stick of a poinsettia after Christmas in 2020 for 93¢. This is that little rescue 2 Christmas' later. Bounced back pretty good I'd say.
Thanksgiving Sweet Potato Inspection
Whew! After inspection, the doxies have determined our freshly harvested sweet potatoes are not cheese or anything wrapped in bacon, so Thanksgiving is safe.
A Squash Family Thanksgiving Photo
Picked what remained of the butternut squash (pumpkin pie!). Same grandparents as the "mystery pumpkins" from a couple weeks ago, so this is a family photo.
A Bell Pepper Wonder
All the Calif. Wonder bell peppers in the keyhole garden are the usual green except for this guy. He started to go orange but stopped halfway. Weird. I like it.
Sunset With Spider Silhouette
I see a spectacular Pacific sunset in a late season thunderstorm. My wife sees a giant spider that's going to try to kill her. Eye of the beholder, I guess.