On August 15th, 2011, FAST AND SLOW TRAINS TO HAUTE SAONE….
…took me from Amsterdam to Paris Gare du Nord in a speedy comfy fancy wified Thalys ride, then to a quaint modest pokey regional car out of Gare…
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On August 13th, 2011, PRETTY DUTCH GREEN STUFF…
…is allowed to go wild and have it’s way sprouting out of the corner between the sidewalk and the house facades all over town – the best part…
On August 9th, 2011, LAKE OF THE ISLES…
…is but one of many gorgeous urban lakes circling the city of Minneapolis – it’s greatest gift and constituting part of it’s “green necklace” of parks and parkways…
On July 11th, 2011, FONDAZIONE CINI…
…on the Venetian island of San Giorgio Maggiore is where I have come to visit an Italian designer friend (working with Michele de Lucchi on one of his…
On July 2nd, 2011, A WILD BOUQUET…
…of lavender, yarrow, and other colorful back garden finds was assembled this morning in anticipation of old friends arriving from the other side of the planet for their…
On May 27th, 2011, ROSE ARBOR…
…is full of red at the big neighboring park of Villa Doria Pamfilj where the turning weather of hot summer days is sending me for daily bike rides…
On May 18th, ‘ROMA MANGIA ROMA’ INTERVIEW #10…
…this afternoon was with the amazing urban farmer Matteo Amati who presides over an enormous tract of city land where unemployed youth are put to work on the cultivation of…
On May 12th, 2011, OREGON MOSS…
…that I am admiring on a hike this afternoon just west of Portland in the valley of the Willamette River is cool and moist and all colors mossy…
On May 1st, 2011, MAY DAY CAMPING OUT IN THE FAERIE WOODS…
…of southern Oregon – a relaxed, rough, rustic, hippie, wild, primitive, queer, and anything-goes kind of circumstance which is feeling like the most welcome and opposite sort of…
On April 28th, 2011, HANGING GREEN STUFF…
…and plants growing out of and in to unexpected places is always a welcome surprise when turning any corner in Rome – as I did this afternoon in…
On April 24th, 2011, GARDENS OF NINFA…
…is what now occupies the small Roman village which was sacked and abandoned to malaria in the Middle Ages just off Via Appia Antica south of Rome –…
On April 13th, 2011, TUSCAN PLASTIC CROP COVERS…
…(for strawberries?) are the cool shocking shiny surfaces wrapping parts of the rolling spring green surfaces of southern Tuscan landscapes as viewed from my very slow one car…
On March 29th, 2011, DEN HAAG’S PALEISTUIN NOORDEINDE…
…the public gardens of the royal palace, is where I find the happiest people in town today, sitting in a circle on the ground among their bikes playing…
On March 19th, 2011, CASTEL SAN PIETRO…
…is the tiny hill town an hour north of Rome near Poggio Mirteto where I am lucky enough to be at a friend’s place for the weekend –…
On March 6th, 2011, FRUIT TREE BLOSSOMS…
…in shades from white to pink are popping and promising spring in the back garden.
On February 20th, 2011, PIAZZA DI SIENA…
…where the equestrian events of the 1960 Roman Olympiad were held and where occasional equestrian events are still staged today within the public park and gardens of Villa…
On February 12th, ALMOND TREE BLOSSOMS…
…are popping up in back – a late-mid-winter color boost – but I’m hearing from the gardeners that the mice usually get to the almonds well before they…
On February 10th, 2011, DUCK RAMP…
…is what I found in the pond at Villa Doria Pamphili this afternoon, installed by some thoughtful human, allowing the many duck residents to access the extensively wooded…
On February 7th, 2011, STEFANO BOERI…
…the Milanese architect, teacher, and magazine editor spoke tonight (being much more gracious than I would have been when the projector didn’t work and he wasn’t able to…
On January 6th, 2011, ACACIA DEALBATA…
…the fragrant yellow Mimosa tree native to Australia whose clouds of clustered of bright yellow pom-pom flowers are the first sign of spring in the Italian landscape, is…