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INSIDE, LOOKING outside

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After a super dry January, we're are finally getting some rain.  Followed by a few cccccold mornings.  The kiss of death for one plant or another I'm sure.  Wet ground, dappling with close to freezing isn't good for my garden.  When we do hit 32° or a few degrees below, it's usually from 4am-6am - so a few hours at most.  *Knock on wood! *From inside the guest bedroom, Sophia's old bedroom.  I've clipped a couple poly panels up to keep some rain off the mammillaria and a group of Pilocereus.  They hate wet, maybe as much as Dr. Feelgood. Pensive and a little ticked about the rain. You'd never make it in Oregon buddy.  *I can't wait for that carpet to be outta here! As I'm stuck inside cleaning out closets and under beds, I keep looking outside. Cleaning is not nearly as much fun as being outside :(.  It occurred to me I could post from upstairs and show a broader view.  I maximized the photo so everything looks shrunken. This view is the...
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A stop in Berkeley

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 I made a quick trip to American Soil & Stone, for a few bags of top dressing rock.  They have the best selection, of course I forgot to get the ginger cobble I meant to purchase so will need to go back.  A 15 minute jaunt to The Dry Garden was a no brainer. As I walked down the street after finding a decent parking spot -I was reminded that the Berkeley climate is more temperate than ours. Do you think they painted those steps to match the blooms?! There was a cute Opuntia hiding behind.  I can only imagine living steps from a cool nursery, I'd be in big trouble. This house was across the street. Cute, and pretty maintenance free.   I know they are common, but this bottlebrush looked so vibrant on a cloudy day. And then I was inside The Dry Garden.  These braided willow trees were near the entrance. $125. This bromeliad tempted me, Vriesea hieroglyphica but it was $60.  Oooh, super twisted trunk of Brachychiton rupestris. I'd never seem this ...
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 The Acacia podalyriifolia is really bursting with energy. I know silver and yellow can be a questionable combo, but I'm a fan -especially of the timing of it's blooming to life.   I've been busy with house stuff.  Signing all the paperwork for the kitchen reno & new carpet- decisions, decisions! It dawned on me that it would be a good time to paint the cupboards in the hallway (while the old carpet is still here and I can be sloppy)  the cabinets are still in decent shape just banged up.  Sanded, cleaned, and go. I love wood, I promise you I didn't want to paint - they look like crap in person.   Put them back up, added handles.  So what was a too dark hallway is now TOO bright. Ha ha, you can only laugh about this stuff, so I'll find a decent color and repaint the walls.  This tiny Eucalyptus (pleurocarpa?) I think - I'd have to check the tag to be sure.  Is doing great grounded in the slope, so soft. While I was with my daugh...
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