November 02, 2018
Austin homes on 2025 Tribeza Interiors Tour, Part 2
I’m a maximalist with a weakness for bold design moves. You’ll see lots of them today in Part 2 of the 10th annual Tribeza Interiors Tour …
Austin homes on 2025 Tribeza Interiors Tour, Part 1
Last weekend I went on the 10th annual Tribeza Interiors Tour, a tour of beautiful Austin homes that shows off the work of interior designers …
Late-winter mosey around the garden
Despite the cold snaps, winter is one of my favorite seasons in my Texas garden. Beauty is still out there if you look …
A limestone entry walk with agaves and yucca
A front garden with a limestone entry walk and terracing caught my eye in Austin’s Tarrytown neighborhood last weekend …
Wildflowers and waterfalls at Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier’s 14,410-ft peak is an active volcano capped with glaciers. Last July, I photographed wildflowers on its flanks …
Turquoise lakes, waterfalls in North Cascades National Park
In North Cascades, Diablo Lake’s milky turquoise color is caused by glacial silt that hangs in the water and refracts light …
Chasing waterfalls and sunsets (and vampires) in Olympic National Park and Forks
Exploring Olympic National Park’s glacier-topped mountains, mossy rain forests, and cliff-plunging coast. Plus Forks and La Push …
Bouquet of sunshine
Ahead of last week’s cold snap, I snipped a bunch of forsythia sage and ‘Little Grapes’ gomphrena for bouquets around the house …
Fall at Denver Botanic Gardens: Perennial Walk and Romantic Gardens
Fall perennials and grasses were in flower last September in the Romantic Gardens and Perennial Walk at Denver Botanic Gardens …
Fall at Denver Botanic Gardens: Monet Pool, Japanese teahouse, and bonsai
Exploring the Monet Pool, Japanese teahouse garden, and bonsai and kusamono display at Denver Botanic Gardens …
Fall at Denver Botanic Gardens: Pond, prairie garden, and Victorian garden
At the back of Denver Botanic Garden, Gates Pond is bordered on one side by a prairie garden, on the other by a piney woodland bluff …
Fall at Denver Botanic Gardens: Perennials, conifers, and Rock Alpine Garden
The Rock Alpine Garden contains the most diverse collection of plants at Denver Botanic with more than 2,300 species and 20 habitats …
Fall at Denver Botanic Gardens: PlantAsia and Birds and Bees Walk
The shady PlantAsia garden plus pollinator habitat on display at the Birds and Bees Walk at Denver Botanic Gardens …
Fall at Denver Botanic Gardens: Steppe Garden, ornamental grasses, and woodland garden
The Steppe Garden at Denver Botanic Gardens delights with three large crevice planters on a stone plaza. I’ve never seen anything like them …
