loofah display of affection

one success of 2021 was that I was finally able to grow some luffas loofahs .... a gourd no less....and that I came upon the osage orange by eye by color and form by relationship to the place to the land... and now can find the osage orange trees by smell such a particular flowery odor adore....in the hills of central virginia....with all its ghosts...this strange beauty with no goal waves her flag so loudly and I recognize genius fall in love 
 

how I'm staying fresh

'desert owl' cyanotype on paper

'desert owl' cyanotype on paper, 22x30 inch, 1/1

Aloe light

The Botanicas in Colombia have remedies for various illnesses as well as plant charms for dreams, hopes and desires. These plant liasons also posses the powers of poetry as the light emanates from an aloe....

heavenly blue

heavenly blues hold out 
then burst abundant in the late summer
how vivid and heartfelt they are.

how to drive

our compost pile at Residencia en la Tierra, Colombia

compost composition

cherish the process...the every day beauty of composting...

food gardening in a boat...florida keys style with tomatoes, cucumbers, corn, papayas and a ladder to pick them with...love

the creamers

in the summer in key west florida when the wind blows from the southeast islands of seaweed accumulate at the shore...
and it is here we see the creamers creaming it with Dominic Nurre, Vita Litvak and Nellie Appleby 

and other places i love

plant sculpture

mirror pedestal vase and boca raton ikebana plant pruning bouquet with color photograph and swimming video with florida avocado plant

february 24 2013 in key west harvesting bountiful arugulas, kales, chards, mizuna, tatsoi, dill, parsley, cilantro...the best salads for me and my friends!

here's to being madly in love with it all

biomass galore, key west, florida

give me some space, some worms, and with this key west biomass trash, i can make gold.

that's all

its a home grown pineapple people

good lordliest sweet thing you'll ever eat


note that the 'pines' of the pineapple are formed from
spirals of successive purple flowers....! wow!

take a bath

just let the garden grow around you

miniature garden on coal

I have green thumb.
Plants grow for me, gifting me with their changes, vigor, naps, taste and tickles. nutrition.
I attempt to push the boundaries of where and on what the plants will grow...
A latest great success with such experiments is to grow plants on a pile of coal. Yes, coal from the mountain. A miniature isle of a garden, many folks may miss it - but those who hone on it get a treat. I don't think we will eat this one just give it a good old gander.
This pile and garden are part of my current exhibit in Miami at Dimensions Variable.