Travel pictures
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snousleAssorted pictures from recent travel, with pithy commentary.
Bonsai tree at the Morikami. This one, unlike others, is a little bit of a fake - the piece of wood is not part of the plant. The gardens are very nice, but the spaghetti of black irrigation tubes is typical. They get it 95% right but that 5% really sticks out.
Interesting bulbophyllum (?) species at AOS garden, I had never seen in real life before:
When I was a kid, I was completely transfixed by a book with a photo of this epidendrum species. It was like seeing porn for the first time; I could hardly believe it was real. I don't recall the name but have since seen it in real life on just a couple of occasions:
Schomburgkias are very hard to photograph.
Very impressed by this succulent's flower, but my camera does not do red very well.
Heron in Morikami Gardens:
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danthered and bitterlawngnome's window. Wow, do they ever get a beautiful sunrise. The mountain looks huge to the eye, yet requires a lot of zoom. This is pretty much at the limit of what the iphone camera can do in terms of zoom and light, but I kind of like the effect.
Strange little cache of cigarettes in a Ft. Lauderdale park:
The ship my boss chartered for a dinner cruise with Japanese drug company execs.
A rather nice table set for dinner...
Stateroom with snoozing Japanese executive. He was a perfect manga stereotype - thick glasses, brushy moustache, slept through everything.
Unusually good bento at Cornell Cafe, at the Morikami garden:
Lobster roll, distinctive for its simplicity and high price:
Joineddanthered and bitterlawngnome for bear coffee in Seattle at a seemingly-independent yet Starbucks-owned cafe with lots of sofas. They advertised the "worlds best sardine plate" so of course I had to try it. Chile paste and ground mustard seed were unexpected but well chosen condiments. Very pleased to see some out of the box thinking in places like this:
Helpful sign:
Here's something odd - seen from an airplane window maybe over Arizona? I believe the pattern is cut into the vegetation, but why? Never seen anything like it.
A Rockwell print which I thought was both funny and erotic:
Would love to visit Seattle but apparently it has been rubbed out:
twobraids in his digital yurt:
Bonsai tree at the Morikami. This one, unlike others, is a little bit of a fake - the piece of wood is not part of the plant. The gardens are very nice, but the spaghetti of black irrigation tubes is typical. They get it 95% right but that 5% really sticks out.
Interesting bulbophyllum (?) species at AOS garden, I had never seen in real life before:
When I was a kid, I was completely transfixed by a book with a photo of this epidendrum species. It was like seeing porn for the first time; I could hardly believe it was real. I don't recall the name but have since seen it in real life on just a couple of occasions:
Schomburgkias are very hard to photograph.
Very impressed by this succulent's flower, but my camera does not do red very well.
Heron in Morikami Gardens:
Mt. Ranier from
danthered and bitterlawngnome's window. Wow, do they ever get a beautiful sunrise. The mountain looks huge to the eye, yet requires a lot of zoom. This is pretty much at the limit of what the iphone camera can do in terms of zoom and light, but I kind of like the effect. Strange little cache of cigarettes in a Ft. Lauderdale park:
The ship my boss chartered for a dinner cruise with Japanese drug company execs.
A rather nice table set for dinner...
Stateroom with snoozing Japanese executive. He was a perfect manga stereotype - thick glasses, brushy moustache, slept through everything.
Unusually good bento at Cornell Cafe, at the Morikami garden:
Lobster roll, distinctive for its simplicity and high price:
Joined
danthered and bitterlawngnome for bear coffee in Seattle at a seemingly-independent yet Starbucks-owned cafe with lots of sofas. They advertised the "worlds best sardine plate" so of course I had to try it. Chile paste and ground mustard seed were unexpected but well chosen condiments. Very pleased to see some out of the box thinking in places like this:Helpful sign:
Here's something odd - seen from an airplane window maybe over Arizona? I believe the pattern is cut into the vegetation, but why? Never seen anything like it.
A Rockwell print which I thought was both funny and erotic:
Would love to visit Seattle but apparently it has been rubbed out:
twobraids in his digital yurt:
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Date: 2011-03-06 09:28 pm (UTC)In my experience the drip tubing is a bit of a pain. It is staked down with jute stakes, so it stays in place. But as it heats and cools it moves around, despite being covered with mulch. The more it gets staked the more likely hood it will move deeper in the soil and get cut by burrowing gophers.
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