Category: Spring/ Clear & Bright 清明 (4/5)
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Every morning starting around 4am the California Towhee starts chirping chirping very loudly–only to be outdone by a few lingering peacocks shrieks (by Easter their shrieking is mainly at night) with the Bewick's Wren chiming in beautifully. This trio is EXTREMELY loud waking us each morning around 4am. From early mornings into the afternoons the…
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In Tochigi, every year one of my tea friends would bring over dozens and dozens of poppies from her garden. I never visited her house, but I always imagined she must live on acres of land –how else could she grow so many flowers? We would use every last vase, bowl and most of our…
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The poppies are blooming! We went out to antelope Valley to the Poppy Flower Reserve. I love that the flowers have their own reserve area–and people came from far and wide (it took over an hour just to park the car)… but how beautiful the hills looked covered in blooming wildflowers. Outside the reserve people…
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The fragrance of Los Angeles is orange blossoms. In April they lemon and orange trees flower and within weeks the white petals are scattering in the wind like snowflakes. Here is my short personal essay in Gulf Coat Journal on oranges called For the Love of Oranges
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