First year for pomegranates!
Its botanical name, Punica granatum is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub originating in Iran and cultivated since ancient times.
#california #garden #fruittrees #pomegranate (at At Home in Napa)
Pissing in the Wind
1982
Screen print on paper
by Fred Escher (b. 1940)
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#somedays
#edibleart (at At Home in Napa)
Oh to be an oysterman!
Foggy dawns,
cold fingertips,
wet socks,
knife on the hip,
bivalves on the table;
shiny seal pates
puncturing the bay’s stillness
with snorting exhales;
smiling pelicans,
beseeching gulls,
preening loons,
manic mures,
and thousands of egrets
dotting sandbars
like oversized pearls on a
Marin housewife’s necklace;
black ducks
wings spread towards their Mecca,
absolving themselves
of the inherent nature
of their wetness.
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#california #westmarin #birds #tomalesbay (at Point Reyes National Seashore)
Early morning fog starting to pull back its veil over Tomales Bay.
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#california #westmarin #fog (at Point Reyes National Seashore)
Reclaimed wood floor.
#oldbarns #reclaimedwood #woodworking (at Point Reyes National Seashore)
Too tiny manila clams
steamed in delicate salmon stock
made hearty
with fistfuls
of chopped garlic,
Italian parsley,
hot smoked paprika
and dill fronds;
served with a blonde from Beaune
and mopping up bread
studded with sesame.
#california #birthdaymonth #simplepleasures (at Point Reyes National Seashore)
Morning perch.
#california #westmarin #birds #tomalesbay (at Point Reyes National Seashore)
Oysterman.
#california #westmarin #hogisland (at Marshall, California)
Low tide on Tomales Bay.
#california #westmarin #nevergetsold (at Point Reyes National Seashore)
Life and death encapsulated on an entry table.
#design #rurallife #sirandstar #candleabrasandtaxidermy (at Sir and Star)
August in West Marin.
#california #inverness #happyplace (at Point Reyes National Seashore)
I spy autumn 🍂.
#california #westmarin #summerintofall (at Point Reyes National Seashore)
Gray morning.
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#california #napa #cabinporn (at Carneros, California)
Trust… a concept that often seems at odds with today’s mores….
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#trust #california #andersonvalley (at Philo Apple Farm)
Cliff walk.
#california #mendocino #autumniscoming🍁 (at Mendocino Headlands State Park)
Sighting a scope
pulling a trigger
tying a fly
setting a hook
wielding a knife
wringing a neck
baiting a trap
swinging a trout priest
inspire contemplation
of vegetarianism.
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Never can I eat
on the same day
what I took for the pot,
the stink of death
on my hands
needing a day
to resolve
profound remorse
into joyful gratitude.
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#huntingandfishing #foodforthought
(at Mendocino Coast)
Still the King.
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#elvis #birthday #elvispresley #hounddog
Driftwood graveyard.
#california #mendocino #redwoodshores (at Albion, California)
Leaving the harbor at sunrise.
#california #mendocino #salmonfishing #openingday (at Noyo Harbor District)