I love the chocolate and green tones of this coleus. This was growing in our garden back East and I photographed it when it first appeared. That spring green is like nothing else, yes?
Hope your week’s going well so far….
{carole}
Travel Scan: Ramsau
The parish church Saint Sebastian is located in Ramsau, Germany, and was built in 1512. It’s probably one of the most photographed churches in Germany. I lived and worked only 28 miles (45 km.) from here, so got to see it often. I now wish I’d photographed it more. Those are the Alps in the background.
Great weekend, everyone!
{carole}
Bleeding Hearts and The Lunch Box
Every time this year, I look forward to photographing bleeding hearts (Dicentra spectabilis). Since we don’t have any in the San Diego area, I dug these out of the never-ending archives.
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photo credit: IMDb.com
If you’re into indie flicks like I am, you might enjoy a movie titled The Lunch Box. It’s set in Mumbai, India, and concerns a soon-to-be retired widower, a young unhappy housewife and the incredible lunch delivery system in India. Delivery men or dabbawalas use bicycles and trains (!) to deliver homemade lunches to workers. The food is placed in stacked tiffins which are color-coded so they can be delivered to the right place. Hundreds of thousands of lunches are delivered this way every day, even during the monsoon season. I had never heard of this custom, but it’s been going on for over 100 years. Irrfan Khan, from The Life of Pi, stars as the widower and is wonderful.
Hope your week’s going well so far….
{carole}
Pink Chiffon and Solitaire
I’m still working on the photo organization, sigh. Thought I was on the home stretch until I hit the “Cape Cod” folder with 285 photos. That’s OK, the whole experience has been very educational.
Here are a couple shots of a peony that makes me think of pink chiffon:
This could be fun to paint. All those shades of pink!
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My husband has just introduced me to playing Solitaire on the iPad. I haven’t played that game since I was a kid. Now I’m addicted. Any other games I should try? I’ll be flying overseas this summer, so I need some good ones. No Angry Birds, please. 🙂
Great weekend, everyone….
{carole}
Georgetown Salon
Back in June 2012, I was driving down Wisconsin Ave. in Georgetown looking for something to photograph.
I liked this building a lot. Can almost hear the floorboards creaking. Love that old architecture so much.
Then this nail or hair salon stopped me. I found a parking place (minor miracle in Georgetown) and photographed it from different angles….
Looks like at least two flower boxes with sweet potato vine, coleus and petunias? Someone has a really green thumb. My potato vines never looked that good.
Hope your week’s going well so far. . . .
{carole}
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Tagged black wrought iron railing, brick steps, coleus, flower boxes, Georgetown, salon, sweet potato vine, Washington D.C.
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Stargazer for You
A Stargazer lily to wish you a peaceful Good Friday and a Happy Easter if you celebrate. Great weekend to all.
{carole}
Spring Disk Cleaning and Azaleas
I have been meaning to clean up my photos for a while now. Like for two years. In my defense, we did move across the country. This week I am tackling the project and can’t believe how many shots there are. The 365 project didn’t help. But it’s been good for me to see my progress and to find forgotten photos. I’ll be sharing those for a while until I finish the clean-up.
From 2012:
I do miss this lavender azalea. I planted it the spring before we moved and hope it’s doing well. We have azaleas out here in California, but they tend to be white and kind of puny. That’s OK–we have plenty of plants to make up for it. The jasmine is just about to bloom!
Hope your week’s going well so far….
{carole}
Travel Scans: Blenheim Palace
I haven’t seen a lot of country homes in England, so I really enjoyed visiting Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. It was built between 1705 and 1722 and is the birthplace and ancestral home of Sir Winston Churchill.
According to Wiki, at the end of the 19th century, the palace was saved from ruin by funds gained from the 9th Duke of Marlborough’s marriage to American railroad heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt. Sounds a bit like Downton Abbey, hmmm?
The design of Blenheim was done by Sir John Vanbrugh, an untrained (!) architect who had worked with Nicholas Hawksmoor on Castle Howard, a place I’ve been dying to see since viewing Brideshead Revisited. Have any of you seen the version with Jeremy Irons? It was filmed at Castle Howard and is such a brilliant production. Very faithful to Evelyn Waugh’s novel. Would be fun to see that and Highclere Castle, where Downton is filmed.
Great weekend, everyone!
{carole}
A Day at the Cove
As promised, more La Jolla:
I never get tired of looking at La Jolla Cove. I’ve taken quite a few photos there, but they’re all so different.
Sea Lavender and ice plant.
There’s usually a wedding or a photo shoot going on, and that day was no exception.
Even the utility covers looked good that day.
If you look closely in the background, you can see a faint outline of the mountains.
Sorry, I got a little carried away with the sea lavender.
I spotted this place while driving away from the cove. (iPhone shot)
I think it’s more than one place, but aren’t the colors beautiful?
The view’s not too bad either.
This was just down the street.
Such a charming doorway.
The Pacific was so blue that day.
Hope your week’s going well so far.
{carole}
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Tagged beach house, bougainvillea, California, La Jolla Cove, sea lavender
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Bejeweled
La Jolla supposedly means “the jewel.” I was there recently and was happy to see all the sea lavender flourishing next to the turquoise-and-sapphire-blue Pacific. Love those jewel tones.
More on Tuesday.
Great weekend, everyone!
{carole}
Pearls & Prose 