Beautiful beets

On the outside, they looked like rather sad turnips, ruddy and red-brown.

On the inside, they are striped and bright and gorgeous.

This time I steamed them for half an hour, and am working through them slowly.

Lily pads of light

The leaves of Victoria amazonica are lit beautifully in the Conservatory of Flowers by night.

Conservatory by night

The Conservatory of Flowers here in San Francisco is fantastic by day, and recent lighting installations make it interesting in new ways by night!

The building came from a kit, was a gift to the City, and is now the oldest wooden conservatory in the U.S.   The plants inside span multiple climate zones (I like the cool, misty, high altitude room especially), and are very well cared for.  

The ivy is trying to take over the world again, so I spent some time in my rain-refreshed yard, trying to persuade...

The ivy is trying to take over the world again, so I spent some time in my rain-refreshed yard, trying to persuade it to restrain itself. (It didn't listen.) I also visited some other plants.

#plants #spring
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