15_the_circle | Tuesday: a walk around my brother's garden part 2

[OT from cottage renovations]

taken during a few moments spared from other, more pressing matters.

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Santa Barbara, CA

even in a place with high ambient light, shady patches can be found in which these blossoms have a chance to glow.

a jade plant and another succulent:

their purpose frustrated, these strings of tiny fruit fell from a California pepper tree into low lying palm fronds rather than onto the ground.

Schinus molle

optics provided by a garden ornament