Today I'm joining Anna at Flutter & Hum with two very different photos taken a few weeks ago during a plant nerd outing to view camellias at the University of Portland. My favorite sights weren't the camellias though...
This first image is of a Ribes sanguineum mingling with Euphorbia characias(?). Such a combination might be galvanizing. I can see people loving or hating it, and that's ok. People are allowed to have differing opinions. That shouldn't make people behave like rabid dogs. Luckily plant people are usually much more understanding of this than the average populace seems to be. Personally, I rather liked this combination. It was jarring, but compelling. It helps that I liked the individual plants making up this contrasting duo. The surrounding area obviously hadn't been carefully tended for some time. It had a bit of a wild look, which I liked even more. I love when plant combinations happen on their own.
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The second photo is of an entirely different nature. The group wound up at the top of the bluffs, looking out over the shipping area toward the city. I don't love all the industrial city-ness in this photo, but I appreciate it visually. I much preferred looking at the beautiful Quercus garryana and Arbutus menziesii growing on the steep bluff, but couldn't capture a satisfactory photo in the failing light. As with the first photo, you may enjoy this sight or, like me, have appreciated the natural beauty of the trees more. You may even (brace yourself) have enjoyed them differently but equally, for what they were.
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This first image is of a Ribes sanguineum mingling with Euphorbia characias(?). Such a combination might be galvanizing. I can see people loving or hating it, and that's ok. People are allowed to have differing opinions. That shouldn't make people behave like rabid dogs. Luckily plant people are usually much more understanding of this than the average populace seems to be. Personally, I rather liked this combination. It was jarring, but compelling. It helps that I liked the individual plants making up this contrasting duo. The surrounding area obviously hadn't been carefully tended for some time. It had a bit of a wild look, which I liked even more. I love when plant combinations happen on their own.
The second photo is of an entirely different nature. The group wound up at the top of the bluffs, looking out over the shipping area toward the city. I don't love all the industrial city-ness in this photo, but I appreciate it visually. I much preferred looking at the beautiful Quercus garryana and Arbutus menziesii growing on the steep bluff, but couldn't capture a satisfactory photo in the failing light. As with the first photo, you may enjoy this sight or, like me, have appreciated the natural beauty of the trees more. You may even (brace yourself) have enjoyed them differently but equally, for what they were.
