Paideia

Roses at Heritage Court , Redondo Beach And, to celebrate Mick Jagger's 70th birthday, here's a video: "You Can't A...

A path through the South Coast Botanic Garden Nothing much to share with you all tonight, just meandering thoughts and mellow contempla...

Mediterranean Cypress trees at Greystone Mansion , Beverly Hill Enjoy!!!

Rose Garden at the South Coast Botanic Garden Since the weather has gotten more amiable, I intend to go visiting the local gardens agai...

The Sculpture Garden at the Norton Simon Museum I was able to visit the Norton Simon Museum for the first time in a few months. The wa...

Magnolia : San Jose Sonnet I  (from Renascence) (By Edna St. Vincent Millay ) Thou art not lovelier than lilacs, -- no,   Nor hone...

The Desert Garden at the Huntington , with more than 5000 species of desert flora in 10 acres Here are a couple more photos from my tri...

Pink roses, still in bloom at the Banning Museum  I don't want to skip our weekly celebration of floral delights. ;-) There are...

Late Summer view of the Lily Pond at the Norton Simon Museum  It always amuses me that, whenever I take a vacation from the daily blo...

Roses : French Lace ( Floribunda ) Sonnet 55 (By William Shakespeare ) Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outli...

Japanese Garden at the Huntington : Arbor of Pure Breeze A while back, I promised you all some photos of the newly reopened Japanese Ga...

View from the Chinese Garden Pavilion at the Huntington Botanical Gardens Not much to say right now, but I wanted to share this photo. ...

Bonsai : Japanese Black Pine This weekend was the California Bonsai society's 55th Annual Show, held at the Huntington Gardens . I...

Camellia : Pink Perfection  The camellia season has begun, starting with a show at the Decanso Gardens . Over the next two months, ne...

Clipped Hedges in the garden at the Banning House This weekend, I was able to pay a visit to the Banning Museum in Wilmington, near th...

Chrysanthemum : Star Prize  Just because we're at mid-Autumn doesn't mean the Paideia flower shows will be letting up. We...

Sculpture Garden at the Norton Simon Museum  A Garden in Pasadena (Lines 39 to 48) (By John Hollander ) Flowering trees, perennial ...

Mexican Bush Sage ( Salvia Leucantha ) in front of the Huntington Art Gallery  I read Zane Grey's classic Western novel, Riders o...

Two views of Button Flower (1959) by Alexander Calder  For months, I have intended to visit the Franklin D. Murphy sculpture garden ...

Buddha and the Orchids ( Phalaenopsis Amabilis )  Orchids were the last thing on my mind, as I hopped around town visiting museums i...