Comments on: Grasses on The Strand http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:15:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2615 admin Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:23:40 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2615 Jan! You captured it perfectly! Witing, photos,daydreaming...the dunes are the kind of place which inspires creativity. Thanks so much for your lovely comment! :) Philip Jan!
You captured it perfectly!
Witing, photos,daydreaming…the dunes are the kind of place which inspires creativity.
Thanks so much for your lovely comment!
:)
Philip

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2614 admin Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:20:41 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2614 Hi Lucy! Your photography is inspiring to me. :) Philip Hi Lucy!
Your photography is inspiring to me.
:)
Philip

]]> By: Jan@ThanksFor2Day http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2608 Jan@ThanksFor2Day Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:54:31 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2608 Hi Philip, I lived for a long time along the coast of Maine, and although it is 'rocky', there was a grassy area above the rocks which overlooked the ocean, right down the street from where I lived. I used to go there and treasure my alone time. I would write poetry, take photos and daydream. I no longer live there, but your post reminded me of those solitary, treasured moments near the ocean. Those were some of my best memories! Jan Hi Philip,
I lived for a long time along the coast of Maine, and although it is ‘rocky’, there was a grassy area above the rocks which overlooked the ocean, right down the street from where I lived. I used to go there and treasure my alone time. I would write poetry, take photos and daydream. I no longer live there, but your post reminded me of those solitary, treasured moments near the ocean. Those were some of my best memories! Jan

]]> By: Lucy Corrander http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2606 Lucy Corrander Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:17:18 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2606 Yes, I like stripes in the landscape. Lucy Yes, I like stripes in the landscape.

Lucy

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2499 admin Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:29:40 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2499 Hi James, What an interesting comment! :) You consider the ideas in gardens. I have asked myself similar questions...and I appreciate your thoughts. I love your blog. It is original,artistic and perceptive. Very Best regards, Philip Hi James,
What an interesting comment!
:)
You consider the ideas in gardens. I have asked myself similar questions…and I appreciate your thoughts.
I love your blog. It is original,artistic and perceptive.
Very Best regards,
Philip

]]> By: lostlandscape http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2394 lostlandscape Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:55:02 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2394 I love how you've provided the context for landscaping at the de Young. Your photos of the dunes and the dunes themselves are quietly beautiful. Sometimes I worry that the reductivist tendencies of contemporary landscaping pare things so far that they miss the spirit of the original. When does simplification become oversimplification? But I'll say that I can still see the dunes in the de Young landscape, if distantly... James I love how you’ve provided the context for landscaping at the de Young. Your photos of the dunes and the dunes themselves are quietly beautiful.

Sometimes I worry that the reductivist tendencies of contemporary landscaping pare things so far that they miss the spirit of the original. When does simplification become oversimplification? But I’ll say that I can still see the dunes in the de Young landscape, if distantly…
James

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2393 admin Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:57:19 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2393 Shirley! What a nice thing it is to see your comment this morning. I am such a fan of what you do! Hopefully the next post will be up today. I appreciate your comment. Very best regards, Philip Shirley!
What a nice thing it is to see your comment this morning. I am such a fan of what you do!
Hopefully the next post will be up today.
I appreciate your comment.
Very best regards,
Philip

]]> By: Shirley Bovshow "EdenMaker" http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2367 Shirley Bovshow "EdenMaker" Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:38:23 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2367 I'm not sure what evoked a greater response from me, your captivating photos or your melodious description! You are awesome! Shirley I’m not sure what evoked a greater response from me, your captivating photos or your melodious description! You are awesome!
Shirley

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2325 admin Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:52:46 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2325 Joey! Thank you so much for that lovely comment. That is so nice of you to say. I am just about another post, hopefully soon. I have to resize the images. Thanks you for making my day! :) Best regards, Philip Joey!
Thank you so much for that lovely comment. That is so nice of you to say.
I am just about another post, hopefully soon. I have to resize the images.
Thanks you for making my day!
:)
Best regards,
Philip

]]> By: joey http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2322 joey Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:28:37 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2322 Philip ~ what a gift, creatively drawing your fans in with this beautifully captured and scripted post. Thank you. Philip ~ what a gift, creatively drawing your fans in with this beautifully captured and scripted post. Thank you.

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2278 admin Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:11:48 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2278 Hi Kim! Thank you for your comment! :) That is such a great way to describe the dunes, a tapestry. They do invite exploration and a feeling of adventure and discovery. I enjoyed reading your blog, and say hi to Coco the garden helper for me! :) Best regards, Philip Hi Kim!
Thank you for your comment!
:)
That is such a great way to describe the dunes, a tapestry. They do invite exploration and a feeling of adventure and discovery.
I enjoyed reading your blog, and say hi to Coco the garden helper for me!
:)
Best regards,
Philip

]]> By: Kim http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2262 Kim Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:13:49 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2262 Oh my... each new picture is even better than the next! But I think that "Dune 02" is my favorite. Somehow, that one makes me want to take off and explore its tapestry on foot. Oh my… each new picture is even better than the next! But I think that “Dune 02″ is my favorite. Somehow, that one makes me want to take off and explore its tapestry on foot.

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2229 admin Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:19:17 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2229 Hi Lucy! OK... I am going to track down the photo of the apple tree on your site "Pictures just pictures". Did you see the top image? the one with the grasses and the red band of brush in the background? I liked that one as it reminded me of Pictures just pictures. That was a favotite of mine. The red brush is actually poison oak, which is kind of funny exept if you touch it! No hilarity then! :) Borage, perfect in iced tead upside down(the borage branch, not the iced tea). I like it for the bees it attracts. Esther has a good point, except that she may be confusing this with the Martian variety, so you never really know. Candied violets...I love stuff like that. What a fun project. Thank you so much Lucy for your comment. Very best regards, Philip Hi Lucy!
OK… I am going to track down the photo of the apple tree on your site “Pictures just pictures”. Did you see the top image? the one with the grasses and the red band of brush in the background? I liked that one as it reminded me of Pictures just pictures. That was a favotite of mine. The red brush is actually poison oak, which is kind of funny exept if you touch it! No hilarity then!
:)
Borage, perfect in iced tead upside down(the borage branch, not the iced tea). I like it for the bees it attracts.
Esther has a good point, except that she may be confusing this with the Martian variety, so you never really know.
Candied violets…I love stuff like that. What a fun project.
Thank you so much Lucy for your comment.
Very best regards,
Philip

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2228 admin Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:10:55 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2228 Hi Pam! Thank you for your comment :) I have not been able to respond until now.We were out all day as it was very warm and clear. We headed up the coast this time to Tomales Bay. We had lunch at Nicks Cove. It was a beautiful late fall afternoon on windy coastal roads. We drove the new(to us) convertible! I so appreciate your comment, Pam. Very Best regards, Philip Hi Pam!
Thank you for your comment
:)
I have not been able to respond until now.We were out all day as it was very warm and clear. We headed up the coast this time to Tomales Bay. We had lunch at Nicks Cove. It was a beautiful late fall afternoon on windy coastal roads. We drove the new(to us) convertible!
I so appreciate your comment, Pam.
Very Best regards,
Philip

]]> By: Lucy Corrander http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2212 Lucy Corrander Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:43:01 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2212 On the day I took the photo of the apple tree (which I posted a little while back) a family trooped by with at least three generations present. It was very dull light and not very warm but they were making the most of it; all very chatty and cheerful. I could hear them advancing. They came round the corner and fell silent. I tried not to look at them but stared at the sea instead. They walked up and down for a bit, then they went away. Then I went away too because the spell had been broken. But I couldn't say 'don't go' - it wasn't my place to start with. Funny these conventions . . . and the feeling that certain places 'belong' to us, even when they don't. Oh - I'm not an enormous fan of iced tea; only when the weather is VERY hot. But Esther mentioned she once tried crystalising borage flowers to use in cake decoration (as is done with violet petals). They came out soggy so she wasn't very encouraging when I said I might repeat the experiement. Lucy On the day I took the photo of the apple tree (which I posted a little while back) a family trooped by with at least three generations present. It was very dull light and not very warm but they were making the most of it; all very chatty and cheerful. I could hear them advancing. They came round the corner and fell silent. I tried not to look at them but stared at the sea instead. They walked up and down for a bit, then they went away. Then I went away too because the spell had been broken. But I couldn’t say ‘don’t go’ - it wasn’t my place to start with.

Funny these conventions . . . and the feeling that certain places ‘belong’ to us, even when they don’t.

Oh - I’m not an enormous fan of iced tea; only when the weather is VERY hot. But Esther mentioned she once tried crystalising borage flowers to use in cake decoration (as is done with violet petals). They came out soggy so she wasn’t very encouraging when I said I might repeat the experiement.

Lucy

]]> By: Pam/Digging http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2201 Pam/Digging Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:39:34 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2201 I loved this meditative, beautiful post, Phillip. The dunes, as several others have commented, do resemble those of the Outer Banks, but your descriptions make them seem like a whole other world. That lagoon picture is especially nice. I loved this meditative, beautiful post, Phillip. The dunes, as several others have commented, do resemble those of the Outer Banks, but your descriptions make them seem like a whole other world. That lagoon picture is especially nice.

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2175 admin Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:59:36 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2175 Hi Anne! I love your post on roses. I am looking forward to the rose, "Elle"! The teahouse and Japanese garden are there. From the sculpture garden you have a borrowed view into it. They have planted Japanese maples before the Japanese garden so it all blends in. Quite wonderful. A great thing is that you can visit the sculpture garden for free...you do not have to go into the museum first. Thanks for your comment. Best regards, :) Philip Hi Anne!
I love your post on roses. I am looking forward to the rose, “Elle”!
The teahouse and Japanese garden are there. From the sculpture garden you have a borrowed view into it. They have planted Japanese maples before the Japanese garden so it all blends in. Quite wonderful.
A great thing is that you can visit the sculpture garden for free…you do not have to go into the museum first.
Thanks for your comment.
Best regards,
:)
Philip

]]> By: Anne http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2143 Anne Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:06:48 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2143 What a lovely post! I think i know the elephant seal reserve and beach you're speaking of, Philip, but i won't name it lest it become even more well known... but i've been there and almost had a similar encouter with one of the bulls! The grasses are beautiful. Haven't been to the De Young since we moved away but it looks worth a visit. My favorite spot was the tea house, hope that hasn't been taken away... Best regards, Anne What a lovely post! I think i know the elephant seal reserve and beach you’re speaking of, Philip, but i won’t name it lest it become even more well known… but i’ve been there and almost had a similar encouter with one of the bulls!

The grasses are beautiful. Haven’t been to the De Young since we moved away but it looks worth a visit. My favorite spot was the tea house, hope that hasn’t been taken away…

Best regards, Anne

]]> By: Helen/patientgardener http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2139 Helen/patientgardener Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:02:52 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2139 You made me laugh with your story about your aunt. My family is very anti-social and we go out of our way on holiday to find beaches with few people on. My teenage sons positively shudder at the thought of going to one of the popular beaches which are covered in bodies as soon as the sun comes out - which isnt that often here in the UK You made me laugh with your story about your aunt. My family is very anti-social and we go out of our way on holiday to find beaches with few people on. My teenage sons positively shudder at the thought of going to one of the popular beaches which are covered in bodies as soon as the sun comes out - which isnt that often here in the UK

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2138 admin Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:46:51 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2008/11/14/grasses-on-the-strand/#comment-2138 Hi Phillip, Your post on the empty fall beaches of Florida reminded me of this. Regards, Philip Hi Phillip,
Your post on the empty fall beaches of Florida reminded me of this.
Regards,
Philip

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