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Soaked Satisfaction
It began late Wednesday night: The steady thrum of rain on our roof. Is there any better sound to drift off to sleep to … ? Thursday morning I wake to more of the same … it’s been raining all night....
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Before & After: A Cool Twist
Beautiful, aren’t they? These wall-mounted succulent gardens exist because a.) I have an unquenchable desire to collect rusted industrial elements and b.) a friend named Vickie Perez. It’s because of...
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Recap, Resolve
The year’s end is just hours away, and it can’t come soon enough for me. This has been a banner — make that bummer — year! It began with big plans: I was going to make real a new scheme for the...
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2012 By the Numbers
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog … … and the numbers are pretty amazing! For an excerpt and the full report click below. 4,329 films were submitted to...
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Early Forecast
Spin cycle So we’re only a few days into 2013 and things are already getting interesting. Allow me to give a few examples: Taking a spin on our hearth is a recent acquisition: A strange little chair I...
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Take-away & Addition
Add-ins SUBTRACTION: The first part of any garden project at the Rancho. In order for me to come to grips with a space and really understand it I have to have a clean slate. So, last week I had our...
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Concours d’Amour
Weird love In 1956, Mickey and Sylvia famously sang “Love is Strange” and I couldn’t agree more. Love is unpredictable, deeply felt and as a result can cause one to behave oddly. Love can be dark, or...
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Sweet Surrender
The winner! Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner in the Rancho Reubidoux Concours d’Amour! The winning slogan was submitted by reader Mrs. Monstera and references the title of an album by soul...
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Revisitations
“Ella Quien Piensa”, Mixed-media on board, 36″ x 24″ Revisitations? The mixed-media piece above, titled “Ella Quien Piensa (She Who Thinks)”, is one of two commissioned by our friend Susan … and the...
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Bacon Bits
Bits and pieces The lovely details above owe their existence to one thing: A cast iron hog oiler, watermelon shape. The hog oiler in question was purchased locally at Old Glory after I fell in love...
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Chatterboxes
Face time Even at a garden party I expect the guests to be stylish, colorful characters with something interesting to say. So, why not create my own? These guys don’t take up much space, look good...
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I, Pinhead
Irresistible pins Why call myself a pinhead? Well, because I’m addicted to Pinterest, the online content sharing service, and I can’t stop pinning. And looking at other’s pins. And, re-pinning them....
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Given Pause
Having a moment Entitled, “Even Surrounded by Forest, She Could be Stopped by Thoughts of the Cactus Flowers They’d Seen in the Desert”, this is the second of two painting commissions for our friend...
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‘Pie Eyed
Hot stuff Like a magpie with a technicolor fetish I can’t resist gathering colorful planters and other containers. Of course they can’t just be any ol’ pretty pot, they have to be colorful and special...
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Souvenirs
Wind fallen I found this gorgeous palm fragment lying in the gutter during a recent walk. A windy day casualty, it lay partially upon the curb looking like an imploring hand. I stopped to check it out,...
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Waxing Florid
Flores suculentes It’s already about half done and we have yet to see April’s showers. We’ve had drizzle, a little fog here and there, and plenty of toupée-shifting winds … but no rain. Should we...
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Putting On Airs
Reading room A confession: I don’t really like being outside. Don’t get me wrong, I love doing things out in the garden, or eating a special occasion meal out-of-doors, or walking for exercise. But...
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Before & After: Contained Angles
Transformed If you’re a regular reader of this blog you’ve probably already guessed that these planters didn’t begin life as containers for succulents … And, you’d be right again if you assumed that I,...
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5 Likes to Love
All photos Rancho Reubdidoux, except right lowest, by Debra Lee Baldwin. As weeks go, this one was a big zero: I got nothing done (unless you think of napping as an activity). I won’t bore you with the...
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Vickie’s Bloomers
Now … This bounteous and blooming little planter bears scant resemblance to the one I bought in 2011. Then, it held fewer plants and those looked like mutant worm invaders from a sci-fi epic; I loved...
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