bustin' loose

[15_the_circle]

[OT from cottage renovations]

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Carpinteria

these stalks are showing different stages of the transformation from bud into bloom. 

      

   
Agapanthus

it's a transplant from South Africa but seems to have settled in all over the place out here. 

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[15-the-circle.livejournal.com]

that might be part of it, but aren't Santa Barbara and Carpintera some distance to the South of you?  perhaps that's why they're ahead of you.