If these gray garden walls could talk, would they divulge the struggles of early canyon inhabitants, weary settlers or wary animals, and narrate the history of this place?
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Sunday Morning in Early May
Valerian and Tree Poppy
About Me
- Suellen Cox
- Orinda, California, United States
- Hello and welcome to Leaves and Blooms. My name is Suellen. I am a retired reference librarian. I worked at Saint Mary's College Library for four years, and before that I was an instruction/reference librarian at California State University Fullerton. Although my profession is academic librarianship, my passion is gardening, art, and everything Bloomsbury, especially the inspiring works of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville West, and the paintings of Vanessa Bell. Before moving to Orinda, I lived and gardened in Silverado Canyon. My current Orinda garden is in many ways a reflection of me and this blog....a work in progress. My garden remains, as always, my canvas; the California natives and agreeable perennials the colors on my palette. My Santa Rosa plum, apples, pear and now fig trees vex me in late June, calling me to remain at home. I am making this Orinda garden my own.
Color in the Garden
Purple Iris and deep pink alsroemeria
Garden in Full Bloom
Anisodontea
Roses and Lavender
Blooming
Cecil Brunner
Blooming
Olive Tree in the late afternoon
Silverado Canyon Garden Tower
Ornamental Flowering Plum
Raised Beds
Olive, iceland poppies, iris, penstemon
California Native Garden
Western Red Bud
Old Stone Wall
Max DeMoss Boat
Early March Morning in the Garden
At the Bird Feeder
What a beautiful photo, Suellen! I can't wait to see your garden again this May.
ReplyDeleteSuellen, I hope you post more pictures. This is wonderful. Cynthia
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