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California landscape architect. Drawing and planting trees while the world burns. Undercover optimist.
Saturday morning after Halloween watercolor.
Happy Samhain everybody.
Happy Samhain everybody.
November 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Saturday morning after Halloween watercolor.
Happy Samhain everybody.
Happy Samhain everybody.
The natural follow up to The Thinker is Camille Claudel's Leaning Man. She should have been the next in the line of great French Romantic sculptors but never quite hit that level, one of art's biggest gender tragedies. Though, poetic justice, the Claudel room is the best part of the Musee Rodin.
October 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The natural follow up to The Thinker is Camille Claudel's Leaning Man. She should have been the next in the line of great French Romantic sculptors but never quite hit that level, one of art's biggest gender tragedies. Though, poetic justice, the Claudel room is the best part of the Musee Rodin.
A while back I posted a watercolor of Carpeaux's Ugolino. It felt inevitable to follow that with Rodin's The Thinker which it heavily influenced. I'm over Rodin for a variety of reasons but when you sit with The Thinker for a while, you really do mind meld with it in a deep way.
October 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A while back I posted a watercolor of Carpeaux's Ugolino. It felt inevitable to follow that with Rodin's The Thinker which it heavily influenced. I'm over Rodin for a variety of reasons but when you sit with The Thinker for a while, you really do mind meld with it in a deep way.
TFG which means this f'ing garden. I love my veggie garden and I love the redwood tree, but the tallest tree in the world near my veggie garden means I french double dig every time I plant.
Kohlrabi and broccolini going in, and I'll get another month of sungolds from the other bed, so...
Kohlrabi and broccolini going in, and I'll get another month of sungolds from the other bed, so...
October 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
TFG which means this f'ing garden. I love my veggie garden and I love the redwood tree, but the tallest tree in the world near my veggie garden means I french double dig every time I plant.
Kohlrabi and broccolini going in, and I'll get another month of sungolds from the other bed, so...
Kohlrabi and broccolini going in, and I'll get another month of sungolds from the other bed, so...
I had planned to hike from Muir Woods today but it was closed due to the shutdown. Thanks Trump. Hiked in the state park instead, the lovely steep ravine trail. Thanks California.
October 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I had planned to hike from Muir Woods today but it was closed due to the shutdown. Thanks Trump. Hiked in the state park instead, the lovely steep ravine trail. Thanks California.
I don't know how many people have painted a portrait of their father as a child, but I recommend it
October 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I don't know how many people have painted a portrait of their father as a child, but I recommend it
Don't follow leaders, watch the parking meters
September 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Don't follow leaders, watch the parking meters
Trying to maintain that feeling of riding a bicycle through Scandinavia.
September 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Trying to maintain that feeling of riding a bicycle through Scandinavia.
I'm glad I routed my bike trip thru the Great Bog National Park and the Vandalorum museum with this beautiful new meadow by Piet Oudolf. The bog and the meadow hit as hard as the fjords.
August 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'm glad I routed my bike trip thru the Great Bog National Park and the Vandalorum museum with this beautiful new meadow by Piet Oudolf. The bog and the meadow hit as hard as the fjords.
Sweden's Great Bog National Park. Come for the bilberries, stay for the longest two plank boardwalk in southern Sweden. The English language signage talks approvingly about 'mire'.
August 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Sweden's Great Bog National Park. Come for the bilberries, stay for the longest two plank boardwalk in southern Sweden. The English language signage talks approvingly about 'mire'.
I'm a big admirer of the swimming platforms in Sweden and Norway. The height is intimidating to dive, fun to jump.
August 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I'm a big admirer of the swimming platforms in Sweden and Norway. The height is intimidating to dive, fun to jump.
Geometry of Innocence, Doug and Mike Starn 2018
August 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Geometry of Innocence, Doug and Mike Starn 2018
I'm also shocked as a native of safety regulation and lawsuit America, that they let people go up into this bamboo piece at the Ordrup museum. No steel, nails or screws, just bamboo and lashing. Awesome.
August 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I'm also shocked as a native of safety regulation and lawsuit America, that they let people go up into this bamboo piece at the Ordrup museum. No steel, nails or screws, just bamboo and lashing. Awesome.
Society is reflected in its gardens coming within the context of the president paving the rose garden.
August 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Society is reflected in its gardens coming within the context of the president paving the rose garden.
Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf (of High Line fame) says a society is reflected in its gardens. I'm at his lovely new meadow at Vandalorum museum in Sweden. The garden and the widespread appreciation for gardens in Sweden reflect something really positive.
August 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf (of High Line fame) says a society is reflected in its gardens. I'm at his lovely new meadow at Vandalorum museum in Sweden. The garden and the widespread appreciation for gardens in Sweden reflect something really positive.
Three weeks out of the country and I see a painting of a sea monster/troll and my first thought is 'that looks like Trump.'
The Sea Monster by Theodor Kittleson
The Sea Monster by Theodor Kittleson
August 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Three weeks out of the country and I see a painting of a sea monster/troll and my first thought is 'that looks like Trump.'
The Sea Monster by Theodor Kittleson
The Sea Monster by Theodor Kittleson
A community space with wildflowers and bird boxes -- I remember thinking owls and swallows but I'm not so sure now --alongside a random bike path. More extensive and successful than I've seen in the states. So jealous of the Danish governmental commitment to three of my favorite things.
August 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
A community space with wildflowers and bird boxes -- I remember thinking owls and swallows but I'm not so sure now --alongside a random bike path. More extensive and successful than I've seen in the states. So jealous of the Danish governmental commitment to three of my favorite things.
Farmers in Denmark use California native Phacelia as a green manure. I don't think I've ever seen that in California. It doesn't fix nitrogen but it's a great bee plant and very pretty. Makes me happy every time I ride past a field of it.
July 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Farmers in Denmark use California native Phacelia as a green manure. I don't think I've ever seen that in California. It doesn't fix nitrogen but it's a great bee plant and very pretty. Makes me happy every time I ride past a field of it.
It's hard to express how pleasant it is to ride around Copenhagen on a bicycle.
July 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
It's hard to express how pleasant it is to ride around Copenhagen on a bicycle.