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Springtime at the Garden

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Ebie

I keep this blog active, because I have been getting a lot of spam comments.

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One of my favorite places to photograph is the Japanese Garden in Van Nuys, a short distance from home. These were taken last Sunday, the day after our day trip to Santa Barbara and Santa Ines Valley, a 115-mile drive from us. A few photos are posted in my other blog.

Cherry Blossoms on the rocks (an optical illusion)

Cherry Blossoms reflecting on the lily pond

Green leaves of spring!

The Japanese Garden – (Suiho En)
the “garden of water and fragrance”
Van Nuys, CA
March 6, 2011

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Storm Looming

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Ebie

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♥♥♥♥ Hearts ♥♥♥♥

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Ebie

Our Skywatch® Team:
Klaus | Sandy |Sylvia | Wren | Fishing Guy

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First of all, I want to greet everyone an early “Happy Valentine’s Day”. I want to share with you an old photo taken last year (which I have also shared and posted) in one of my group outings. I hope you don’t mind taking another look at it. This is also a last minute post. I am totally unprepared!

Dana Point, CA
Sept 11, 2010

This picture also has been submitted yesterday to the Los Angeles Times, Southern California Moments. The only thing new about this is my watermark. I used a “heart” brush under my name. What do you think?

This photo was taken at the Huntington Gardens, sometime last year and I have also posted this in my blog. The only change I did is my new watermark in hearts!

Footnote:

To my surprise in this morning’s email, The SkyWatch team headed by Klaus notified me that my photo will be featured as a Guest Host. I simply had forgotten about it because I submitted the photos intended for My World, and that was in July!

I am also linking this post to :

Guest Heart Thursday hosted by Clytie @ Random Hearts

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A Winter Garden

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Ebie

That’s My World

Klaus, Sandy, Wren, and Sylvia

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Last Saturday, I went to Descanso Gardens for the camellia festival. As early as 8 a.m. because I have an important engagement at 2 p.m. The only early folks besides me are the regular members who do their exercise in the garden. Others are the volunteers who do some gardening.

Not a lot of spring blooms yet. Winter is still here and you can see some of the bare trees.

The bench was a little bit damp

In the winter time, the camellias are in bloom. There are different varieties and colors. The camellia is also called the Empress of Winter.

Adding more color to the garden are the red berries.

There are also a lot of camellias at the Japanese Garden. I do not remember the name of these pink flowers. They could be cherry blossoms.

The highlight of the day’s festivities was the fairy tours at the Enchanted Garden.

I know that there has been a huge snow storm in the North East. I hope they are not in the deep freeze. Sometimes I say, California is just very lucky to have a great sunny weather.

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“E”tched

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Ebie

I saw this etched “E” in one of the junk cars painted with hearts everywhere in Salvation Mountain in Niland, CA. I found this particularly interesting because it is also the first letter of my name.

Leonard Knight’s creation of Salvation Mountain was the result of his failure to make a hot air balloon. He went to Slab City to fly his balloon. It did not get off the ground because it had rotten when he did not have time to put it away during the winter in Vermont. He started this project with watered-down cement and sand. One day it exploded in a cloud of dust. He rebuilt his creation with bales of straw and adobe.