Visit to the Marciano Museum

At the Marciano Art Foundation is a Yayoi Kusama room.

Outside the room are two paintings

by Yayoi Kusama.

Here are some other pieces

on display 

in the museum.

This is a mosaic by Millard Sheets, the designer of the building that houses the museum.

Some Insects in my Fall Garden

Fall is a good time for insect watching in my garden. Here are some that I managed to get photographs of:  not a honey bee, but a Solitary bee, (Melissodes robustior) with hairy hind legs,

Senna Sulfer butterfly (Phoebis sennae),

Green Fruit Beetle (Continus mutabilis) on the fig tree,

hiding in the flowers, Mediterranean Mantis (Iris oratoria),

on the palm tree, California Mantis (Stagmomantis californica),

and in the rose garden, eating the rosebuds, a Grey Bird Grasshopper ( Schistocera nitens),

and another grasshopper, the Yellow Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis).

Amaryllis Belladonna

I have Amaryllis belladonna blooming now in my garden.  They are fragrant and when I bring them in the house, they last a long time in a vase.

I have waited many years for my bulbs to bloom. They are native to Cape Provence in South Africa.

They are sometimes called "Naked Ladies" 

because they bloom without leaves, buds and stems coming up quickly from the bare ground.

September in my Garden

Some of the flowers blooming now in my garden are: Zinnias and Cosmos,

Reed-Stem Epidendron,

Moonflower,

Reed-Stem Epidendron,

Zinnia with the pomegranate tree in the background,

and Cestrum Nocturnum, or Night Blooming Jasmine in the Solanaceae family, native to the West Indies.

Gallery Visit

A September visit 

to

the 

Landing

Gallery

in

Los Angeles.

The Garden on the Monterey Bay/ Raised Beds

The raised beds are where vegetable and flowers are  grown.

An umbrella shades an area near the sunflowers.

The Garden on the Monterey Bay/ Part 2

In this garden, near the bay, grow a variety

of plants

that thrive in the mild

climate.

There are places to sit

and enjoy

the lush garden

with an abundance 

of flowers.