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Detail of a sphinx from an Eight-Light Candelabra (c.1785) possibly by Francois Remond Here are a couple more images from my recent tr...

Water lilies bloom in the North Vista Lawn's fountain, at the Huntington Library Enjoy!!!

Mantel Clock (c.1780) by Joseph-Leonard Roque Another visit to the Huntington means another bunch of art and garden photos for the nex...

Detail of The Canary (1913) by William McGregor Paxton Canary (By Rita Dove ) ---for Michael S. Harper Billie Holiday’s burned v...

Camellia Japonica : C.M. Wilson Happiness (By Carl Sandburg ) I asked the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell      me ...

Echeveria Imbricata History (By Robert Lowell ) History has to live with what was here, clutching and close to fumbling all we had...

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...

Detail of Diana (1894) by Frederick MacMonnies This past weekend, I got to visit the Huntington Museum , strolling through their collec...

Detail from Portrait of a Lady in Turkish Fancy Dress (1790) by Jean-Baptiste Greuze  It's been a long while since last we celeb...

Detail of Zenobia in Chains (1859) by Harriet Goodhue Hosmer Offered for your consideration. ;-)

Detail from Shield of Achilles (1821) by John Flaxman Yeah, I'm still sick and tired. Feeling really awful today. . . But it tak...

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...

Benediction (1922) by Daniel Chester French  My previous post about Barbara Hepworth got me thinking about beautiful sculpture and t...

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

A mix of marigolds from the Huntington Gardens  Kubla Kahn (Lines 1 to 11) (By Samuel Taylor Coleridge ) In Xanadu did Kubla Kahn ...

Horn Back Chair with Spindles and Low Curving Arms (c.1960) by Sam Maloof  When discussing the development of the Los Angeles Art sce...