Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday: Double Flowering Crabapples

by Rebecca Sweet 16 May 2012
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Wordless Wednesday – The Aloes of Laguna Beach

by Rebecca Sweet 28 December 2011

A few weeks ago I spoke at the Laguna Beach Garden Club, and was thrilled when my host insisted we walk along the coastline before catching my flight home. The aloes were in full bloom, the sun was shining, artists were painting, hummers were humming, dolphins were swimming – in short, I was in heaven. [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Succulent People

by Rebecca Sweet 2 November 2011

Having spent a delightful morning touring the San Diego Botanical Garden last week, I must admit I was most smitten by these life-size topiaries.  Pat Hammer, Director of Operations of the Botanical Garden, created these incredible works of art, going so far as making clay masks of some of the members of the garden and [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Going, Going, Gone!

by Rebecca Sweet 19 October 2011

 

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Almost Wordless Wednesday – Snapping Turtle

by Rebecca Sweet 20 July 2011

As usual, this is ‘almost’ a Wordless Wednesday post. A few weeks ago, while vacationing in Connecticut, we drove past this giant snapping turtle bravely crossing the road. Being from California, and never seeing one in person, we pulled over so I could play tourist and take a photo.

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Ecstasy – Wordless Wednesday

by Rebecca Sweet 4 May 2011

While spending the day in San Francisco I stumbled upon this statue of a massive, towering woman titled Ecstasy, by Karen Cusolito and Dan Das Mann. Her body is so graceful, lithe and perfectly proportioned while being constructed of repurposed pieces of chunky, rusty metal. I know it’s a little atypical of my posts, but I [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Beautiful Weeds

by Rebecca Sweet 6 April 2011

Due to the unusual amount of heavy rainfall this year, we have an abundance of weeds here in Northern California – here’s some of the most beautiful ones I’ve seen!  Really?  They’re weeds?

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All Decked Out – Wordless Wednesday

by Rebecca Sweet 22 December 2010
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