I have been away for a while and have missed you so. I came back from a long business trip to be greeted by our maple tree. It is small in stature, but graces our driveway with its beauty. It started to bloom before I left, but I think it is now fully realized and…
Japanese maple
Photography Monday: The Huntington’s Japanese Garden
For our Mother’s Day celebration, our mothers decided they wanted to visit The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens. It is a gem tucked away in the pastoral landscape of San Marino, California. A destination site filled with many things to see and do and not enough time to accomplish it all in one…
Maple Magnificence
A few months ago, we experienced a hard frost in Southern California. It happens periodically and most often, tender plants are damaged and sometimes killed by these extreme temperatures. We thought our Japanese maple didn’t survive the event. It was covered with dead leaves that were clinging to the branches. I left it alone and…