tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post7626763674640851539..comments2024-03-28T01:13:28.497-07:00Comments on Late to the Garden Party: Wednesday Vignette: Sunrise Above the CloudsKris Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-22187368289044455702016-11-14T07:28:49.221-08:002016-11-14T07:28:49.221-08:00So much beauty ♥So much beauty ♥Summerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285118206749258377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-9799840494308102742016-11-12T21:10:52.663-08:002016-11-12T21:10:52.663-08:00The clouds don't settle below us all that freq...The clouds don't settle below us all that frequently but, when they do, it's a pleasantly eerie sight. Also interesting, if rather clammy, is the experience of having clouds actually roll across the garden at our level - it's very different than moving through fog.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-45798081145483648462016-11-12T21:04:20.732-08:002016-11-12T21:04:20.732-08:00Bougainvillea is especially beautiful when you don...Bougainvillea is especially beautiful when you don't have to prune those vicious, thorny canes, Diana!Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-59437087156078495412016-11-12T18:09:57.476-08:002016-11-12T18:09:57.476-08:00What a beautiful series of photos! It must be wond...What a beautiful series of photos! It must be wonderful to have this view through the year and to be able to watch the sea of clouds in all of its manifestations. I also love how the light washes over your garden as the morning sun progresses.debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-41612398645101679372016-11-12T13:42:39.158-08:002016-11-12T13:42:39.158-08:00the third and last Bougainvillea has left my garde...the third and last Bougainvillea has left my garden!<br />But the neighbour's plant is waving over the wall. Sigh.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-26199274602967381582016-11-11T20:48:50.258-08:002016-11-11T20:48:50.258-08:00If only those clouds would rise a bit higher and d...If only those clouds would rise a bit higher and drop some rain, Mariana!Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-53809862600402329422016-11-11T20:48:05.694-08:002016-11-11T20:48:05.694-08:00Would that I had Zeus sitting at my elbow, Eliza. ...Would that I had Zeus sitting at my elbow, Eliza. Perhaps I could encourage him to toss a lightning bolt or two.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-33674239894564334832016-11-11T20:46:49.715-08:002016-11-11T20:46:49.715-08:00That's been my mantra this week, Kathy.That's been my mantra this week, Kathy.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-13702103915809947562016-11-11T20:46:20.282-08:002016-11-11T20:46:20.282-08:00Yes. Still, we must figure out how to respond con...Yes. Still, we must figure out how to respond constructively. I, for one, do not want to slide back in time into the 1950s.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-17540532417894601292016-11-11T20:41:17.858-08:002016-11-11T20:41:17.858-08:00Political shifts elsewhere in the world perhaps sh...Political shifts elsewhere in the world perhaps should have prepared us for this. I'm still trying to come to terms with what it means - and how to deal with it.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-45193888880632960182016-11-11T20:35:47.025-08:002016-11-11T20:35:47.025-08:00It's nice to have all the mechanical workings ...It's nice to have all the mechanical workings of the harbor hidden from view on occasion. The clouds are our version of a pristine snow-covered landscape.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-90390254675208957192016-11-11T20:32:49.905-08:002016-11-11T20:32:49.905-08:00Nature does help to ground one.Nature does help to ground one.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-28323565694907553732016-11-11T20:32:24.249-08:002016-11-11T20:32:24.249-08:00I'm still tied up in knots trying to determine...I'm still tied up in knots trying to determine what's next too, Anna. Public policy advocacy is going to become an increasingly important aspect of my life I think.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-49434162820250646462016-11-11T20:29:38.414-08:002016-11-11T20:29:38.414-08:00The view is particularly odd when the clouds sit a...The view is particularly odd when the clouds sit a little lower and the tops of the shipping cranes in the harbor below stretch above like the necks of dinosaurs.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-58506863190382320512016-11-11T20:28:10.640-08:002016-11-11T20:28:10.640-08:00My husband hates Bougainvillea but it really is a ...My husband hates Bougainvillea but it really is a wonderful plant in the right setting and, planted just beyond the hedge at the top of a slope that can't readily be reached without trudging through the neighbor's property, it's outside the reach of his clippers.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-35465798203769836312016-11-11T20:25:45.915-08:002016-11-11T20:25:45.915-08:00It's warm and very dry here, that's for su...It's warm and very dry here, that's for sure.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-74662626517789538092016-11-11T00:38:18.713-08:002016-11-11T00:38:18.713-08:00Fantastically beautiful!
It looks like you have a ...Fantastically beautiful!<br />It looks like you have a heavenly garden above the clouds.<br />MarianaM/S Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10414720297791757280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-14799503799782465052016-11-10T19:25:27.236-08:002016-11-10T19:25:27.236-08:00It's the view of gods :)It's the view of gods :)Eliza Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06879335295393594236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-54755054322932030942016-11-10T17:37:43.360-08:002016-11-10T17:37:43.360-08:00Beautiful photos Kris. Always beauty somewhere in ...Beautiful photos Kris. Always beauty somewhere in our world , no matter what else happens. kshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10847026541797857854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-72134634029924851242016-11-10T09:06:28.870-08:002016-11-10T09:06:28.870-08:00You do have the most amazingly dramatic skies. Tha...You do have the most amazingly dramatic skies. Thank you for sharing these wonderful photos. The news this week is really too awful for words.chlorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037607962980090244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-22439599318474168352016-11-09T22:44:41.323-08:002016-11-09T22:44:41.323-08:00A lovely series of images Kris; it isn't just ...A lovely series of images Kris; it isn't just you trying to process what happened this week; like Anna above I felt a physical sick feeling in my stomach when I awoke to the news. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-50691294842633406092016-11-09T22:02:09.082-08:002016-11-09T22:02:09.082-08:00Great photos Kris. I grew up with a similar cloud ...Great photos Kris. I grew up with a similar cloud layer masquerading as ocean, only mine was hundreds of miles inland as we looked out over the Spokane Valley, the effect was just as magical.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-32856936677634880372016-11-09T21:44:42.665-08:002016-11-09T21:44:42.665-08:00Lovely. Just what I needed to see.Lovely. Just what I needed to see.Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-67912851288313596872016-11-09T13:57:32.835-08:002016-11-09T13:57:32.835-08:00I can't process what just happened, either. Yo...I can't process what just happened, either. Your beautiful photos made me feel momentarily better, but I still have a knot in my stomach that I can't seem to get rid of. I'm just stunned...Anna Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02353084595743927603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-4343372512486901902016-11-09T12:39:39.772-08:002016-11-09T12:39:39.772-08:00It's a surreal sight.It's a surreal sight. rusty duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238493821002258459noreply@blogger.com