Austere Landscape

 

The charred trees at Hanna Flats reminded me of Isamu Noguchi sculptures.

http://www.noguchi.org/

The 14,000 acre Butler 2 Fire struck this area September 2007-- very few trees survived the inferno.

Driftwood Search

finding just the right piece of redwood driftwood for  accents on my pots can be exhaustive










the beaches of Gualala (3 hrs. north of San Francisco) are my favorite sources for driftwood-- especially in the spring after all the winter storms