Looking up, down and, over:Tree branches and shadow of branches, blossoms in the wild, on the patio, still to come and in Ikebana Sogetsu demonstration by master instructor Misei Ishikawa from Sogetsu Headquarters in Japan. #sevendayssevenphotos #sogetsu
A WHOLE CIVILIZATION WILL DIE TONIGHT My son needs lunch, and I have to put his backpack together, but a whole civilization will die tonight, so I'm wondering if they've closed their schools. Like, a snow day, maybe, except instead of snow it's "keep your children home so if you die, you die together" — instead of "well open back up once the plows have cleared" it's "we don't know if we'll be here tomorrow, hold your babies tight." It's just "talk" I'm told, which I've been told before. "It's how the president makes his deals." But I've never heard anyone talk about other human beings this way, and I'm not certain I can look my son in the eyes if we all agree to stomach it one more time. A civilization will die tonight, but as I zip up his backpack and kiss him off to school I think: if this is what we call leadership then I'm not entirely sure ours isn't already dead. @michaelfdubois Mukad A QuBoy @michacifdubois
Brutal.
Not everybody! I questioned the poor kid having to "guard" the area giant bottles of laundry detergent about how that could possibly be shoplifted. He just looked sad. My opinion is if you need laundry detergent that badly, let me buy it for you.
The candy cigarettes were in honor of reading "The Land in Winter," a very good book by Andrew Miller where cigarettes were always being ignited along with the story. Read it!
A group of women holding candy cigarettes, myrtle leaf Milkwort blossom, ripening kumquats, clover, a poster featuring the image of Amelia Earhart with the quote "Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others." Echeveria blossoms; clover; Rhaphiolepis (aka pink lady) blossoms.
A few little things: My always amusing (also engaging, intelligent) book group friends strike their best (candy) cigarette poses. Meanwhile blossoms appear everywhere, and a reminder in the form of a poster shows up at the school next door. March is still Women’s History Month. #sevendayssevenphotos
Don't say others didn't know what could happen. Umberto Eco essay summary or read the whole essay fro 1995 www.nybooks.com/articles/199...
Full essay here: www.nybooks.com/articles/199... with definitions of some of the more obscure (to me) words.
Busy: Leaves only assignment before and after ikebana class; floating egrets; the beauty around every corner at Huntington Gardens; Friends of the Library luncheon with updates from library staff; gnarly bark; and first try at a pottery mug. #sevendayssevenphotos
I wanted to take a picture but thought twice. Who knows who might see it.
I drove near a high school in South Orange County, CA (not known as a bastion of radicalism) today and the street corners were full of students waving “no more ICE” etc. signs. Honestly, it made me tear up with pride. #thekidsareallright
A - because it's impossible to not want to photograph.
Only leaves Sogestsu Ikebana. @ikebana @sogetsu
A respite from the news: Sometimes you just have to spend some time with flowers or admiring busy hummingbirds or a slightly foggy walk to find a little peace among the chaos. Trying very hard not to strike Shadow’s response to “Let’s go.”#sevendayssevenphotos
C but really a 3-way tie
B - because potatoes!
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Eye catchers: Renka ikebana; morning light through trees; evening light; symbolic F bombshell — handy when reading the news; book group book and food; pink clouds; new trail shoes. #sevendayssevenphotos
Beige, brown and a splash of color: Days of rain and mud gave way to high winds and reddening sky. Meanwhile a little furniture rearranging; pottery to glaze and climbing squirrel. #sevendayssevenphotos #photography #california
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Heading to the holidays: Choir party; curious husky and Snoopy, too; beautiful wreath from my sister; dog treats from the crossing guard; gifts from FOL bookstore patron; pumpkin cheese cake at Prego to cap a tennis party meal planned by Chef Ugo; Stephanie and “Santa.” #aweekofphotos #photography
Maybe the best I’ve done lately for #ikebana #sogetsu class. Flowers bought, horsetail reeds and more snipped from landscaping. It really is sculpture with plants and not flower arranging.
Nice end to November: Time with my birthday boy; a gift poinsettia; my favorite couple; ritual turkey carving; late afternoon walk; flying ikebana arrangement; biscuit and jam. #aweekofphotos #photography
Red umbrella in front of a window that show rain; coyote walking in front of a picket fence; a small tree in heavy fog; sunlight aging on opening circle of clouds backed by blue sky; raindrops on a palm leaf, orange sunset, yellow with a hint of orange oval shaped leaves.
Wild and sometimes wonderful: It’s a little damp out there; coyote spotting; fog; clouds; raindrops; glorious sunset; cool leaves. #aweekofphotos #photography
Random sightings: My neighbor’s always changing “most interesting” man; California autumn natives; my finished if imperfect knitting projects; sunset; clouds and a nearly full moon in the morning. #aweekofphotos #photography
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Ready for their closeups: Bougainvillea blossom; passion flower; Western fence lizard; tropical hibiscus; India hawthorn berries; Sycamore leaf; unidentified berry. #aweekofphotos #photography
I think that makes my husband’s closet a goldmine
B — no contest!
Creatures great and small: My dog Shadow making herself small; the genuinely small Baxter; praying mantis;geese; ibis; handsome medium-sized Indie; tiny sparrow on a fence. #aweekofphotos #photography
Newport Beach, CA. #NoKings
Orange tinged sunset, fake spider web in a yard, happy pair of humans, row of books all with scary stories for Halloween, an orange pumpkin, what looks like a pair of chubby friendly ghost emerging from a Victorian house in San Francisco, clouds with full moon shining through them.
Scary, not scary: Autumn sunset; Halloween decorations; the best San Francisco tour guides you could ever want (my son and daughter-in-law); Halloween reading a the FOL bookstore; pretty pumpkin; Victorian ghosts; moon-illuminated clouds. #aweekofphotos #photography
