Category: ocean

Cacti in Santa Barbara

A beautiful garden blooms in Santa Barbara on Clearview. The days are brisk and SUNNY. The sky is blue. Winter at the beach in California .  

Epiphytes

My neighbors here have beautiful epiphytes growing and blooming over the fence… lucky me… lucky us… Not only do they smell incredible and look incredible, they don’t photograph too poorly eiher. Thanks Sheridan!! for planting the beautiful garden. Curious about epiphytes? < click that.

Santa Barbara Spider

In the garden this morning. It was wrapping up a little snack, from what I could tell.

Santa Barbara… it’s a dog’s life.

Dogs at the beach. Dogs on the roof. Man with Great Dane and Pinda. Lenore and Shirley and Doug on the beach. Doug spoiling Paintbrush on the couch with new paint possiblities in photoshop… in the background…nutty kids… Still unpacking. Having a garage sale tomorrow…Not back to normal yet…WAIT, there wasn’t a normal anyway…

No Visuals

Just getting the network hooked up. Moving caN BE stressful… we have been going NONstop…painting…planting…unboxing. I find myself in a tropical and exotic landscape that is both intoxicating and compelling, alluring and elevating…green… ocean… dogs running on the beach… DOGS on the roof… (pictures coming soon) 58/72 sun/blue…happy Orange Kitty and sublime dogs. Still unpacking..unravelling……

Read More

Imagined Backyard

I planted some new flowers in photoShop and added a Buddha to the stone pathway. So here I can imagine what the new backyard will soon look like as it is weeds at present. A great tool for planning a landscape.

Desert Ocean Desert Ocean Desert Ocean

Well…it’s been a year and half since I fell madly in love with my BML. Here we are today and I still find myself, as Prince would say “Beautiful, Loved and Blessed”. Douglas Henry Smith and Perry Michael Hoffman will be starting a new life together in Santa Barbara in our new home. Doug has…

Read More