However you and yours celebrate this time of the year, be it secular, Jewish or Christian, may you have a joyful and blessed holiday.
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April 2010
Artichoke Farm
As of a few days ago, there were two artichokes growing in the garden after all. I didn’t spot the second, smaller pod because it was hiding under one of the large leaves the plant grows. The two pods are currently softball and tennis ball sizes. I was hoping that we would get a second one since we decided to let the first one become an artichoke thistle flower.
Yesterday, I discovered a third ‘choke growing on the second artichoke plant. We haven’t decided on it’s fate yet, but there is a better than 50% chance that it will also become a flower. Today, I found a forth ‘choke in the third plant. The jury is out on the fate of that one.
This means we can have our ‘choke and eat it too! Click on the image to enlarge.
Gazania – The Treasure Flower
I love all of the spring flowers on our patio. This is an image of a gazania in a planter near the patio swing that I took today. No wonder that these are often called “treasure flowers.” Click to enlarge.
Shoreline Discovery Trail
Today was an extraordinarily clear, cool day along the shoreline of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. We visited the recently opened Discovery Trail at the Terranea Resort.
The path is open to the public so we took a walk out to the first viewing area. I took several photos while we were there including this one of a California Brown Pelican with Catalina Island in the distance across the channel. We normally don’t see the island in this much detail due to the marine haze which was blown out by a weather front that passed here yesterday. Click on the image to see full-sized.