I snapped this photo of a Calla Lily last weekend at the local garden shop. This yellow variety is also called “Golden Arum Lily.†These are ornamental plants which are native to South Africa. We always enjoy seeing these around the time of Easter in Southern California.
My freesia are sprouting these beautiful white and red-yellow flowers in the patio. I just love spring!
From WikiPedia:
Freesia is a genus of 14-16 species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, native to Africa. Of the 14 species, 12 are native to Cape Province, South Africa, the remaining two to tropical Africa, one species extending north of the equator to Sudan.
The genus was named in honor of Friedrich Heinrich Theodor Freese (1795-1876), German physician.
A few days ago, we took a ride over the Palos Verdes Peninsula to check out the blustery conditions along the coast. I used my new Canon A710 PowerShot camera to capture some video of what we saw.
The video starts with Damsel pulling out of the neighborhood (she was going to pick me up after I took my wheels in for maintenance). We stopped at Point Vicente to check out the surf and wind. I panned across the cove to capture a video of the restless sea. We then headed down toward Portuguese Bend where the roadway is under constant repair since that entire part of the peninsula is literally sliding into the sea. I made an attempt to record the semi-rough ride over the sliding segment of Palos Verdes Drive South. We then fade to Donald Trump’s disputed flagpole where the wind is briskly rippling Old Glory with Catalina Island seen through the haze across the channel.
We had to do a few personal chores today, not the least of which was to get Damsel’s sutures removed. After that, I took my wheels to the shop for maintenance, so while we were waiting for the work to be finished, we jumped in Damsel’s convertible and went over the Palos Verdes Peninsula to look at the waves and feel the gusting winds blowing at near gale force. She got this nice shot of the Point Vicente Lighthouse with Santa Catalina Island in the distance. Whitecaps and choppy seas can be seen in the Catalina Channel.
The California poppy (Eschscholzia Californica) is native to grassy and open areas from sea level to 2,000m (6,500 feet) altitude in the western United States throughout California, extending to Oregon, southern Washington, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and in Mexico in Sonora and northwest Baja California.
I took this yesterday in our back yard under cloudy skies.
The “Stargazer Lily” variety of Asian lilies has everything going for it. They’re long-lasting in the vase, extremely colorful and have a beautiful fragrance. What’s not to like?
This is a close-up of one of the lilies in the dining room centerpiece. Photograph taken with my Canon EOS Digital Rebel – default lens used with the built-in flash.
