I was at the wheel when I spied something out of the corner of my eye (on a side street), that I didn’t think could possibly be real. A quick glance in the rearview mirror to make sure nobody was behind us and I stopped, put the car in reverse, and turned. Wowsa. Yep, that’s what I thought I saw.
I parked and walked back to snap a couple photos. This was the far end, the border with the neighbor.
I almost feel sorry for them. They neighbors, and the agaves, of course.
What’s one of the messiest trees you could have growing above a thicket of agaves? A pepper tree, Schinus molle…
I wonder how many agaves they started with?
I wonder how long they’ve been growing like this?
I wonder how many small animals are living under there?
Another day, another garden. I spied this grouping of pots in an alley after I’d parked the car and was going to meet Andrew at a bookstore.
At first the mix of different containers looked like a temporary installation, but the longer I looked I realized that wasn’t the case. These have been here awhile.
Chicken wire protects them from… animals? Thieves?
Walking up the sidewalk (same property) I spied this through the fence…
These hanging fern boxes (along with lattice) topped the fence.
Maybe Nephrolepis cordifolia?
I was curious about the space so did some Google Maps detective work. I got zero answers, but did get to see the space before the lattice was up, March of 2022.
And before there was even a fence, or a coat of white paint, May 2019.
