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Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas...
...and happy Kwanzaa and Saturnalia to all my Flickr friends!
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Uploaded on Dec 23, 2011
Sacred lotus fruit (Nelumbo nucifera)
"Nude Woman" bas relief at the Huntington
This 1927 marble bas relief, by the Huntington founder's eldest daughter Clara Leonora Huntington...
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Uploaded on Sep 4, 2011
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sunburst (Ferocactus schwarzii)
This specimen, seen in the Huntington's Desert Conservatory, was tagged "Mexico seed ...
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Uploaded on Jul 13, 2011
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after midnight (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
Back in 2007, I rescued a ratty-looking little cactus that was left behind at the site of...
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Uploaded on Jul 3, 2011
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looking up ('Sally Holmes' rose)
An overhead opening in the arbor at the Huntington's Rose Garden provided this glimpse of...
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Uploaded on Jun 29, 2011
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Petunia 'Pretty Much Picasso'
I'm not normally a petunia fan, but these chartreuse-edged hot pink flowers, photographed in the...
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Uploaded on Jun 24, 2011
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no cause for mourning
A mourning cloak butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) exhibits its usual habit of perching on a solitary...
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Uploaded on Jun 21, 2011
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good karma (Dahlia 'Karma Chocolate')
Photographed in the Shakespeare Garden at the Huntington Botanical Gardens.
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Uploaded on Jun 20, 2011
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hidden assets
Another beautiful poppy on a very windy late spring day at the Luther Burbank Home and Gardens in...
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Uploaded on Jun 16, 2011
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The door to invention
A glimpse through a window into the 1889 greenhouse designed and built by horticulturalist...
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Uploaded on Jun 16, 2011
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Blowin' in the wind (Eschscholzia californica)
Photographed at the Luther Burbank Home & Gardens in Santa Rosa, California, these poppies...
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Uploaded on Jun 12, 2011
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Wine country garden
Matanzas Creek Winery's lavender fields hadn't yet bloomed by early June, delayed by unseasonably...
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Uploaded on Jun 10, 2011
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Thank you, Mr. Burbank (Leucanthemum x superbum)
Photographed at the Luther Burbank Home & Gardens in Santa Rosa, California. Mr. Burbank...
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Uploaded on Jun 8, 2011
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Sad sack
There's something about the expression on this frog (a fountain at Quarryhill Botanical Garden) that really appeals to me.
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Uploaded on Jun 7, 2011
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ruffles & flourishes (Cattleya)
East morning light really flattered the curves on this Cattleya, and I think made for a more...
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Uploaded on May 27, 2011
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