Gilbert & George Poster - signed and inscribed
4 photos
The Fab Four! Buckwheats, Ceanothus, Manzanitas,...
205 photos
A presentation on gardening with California native plants by Pete Veilleux, East Bay Wilds.
Publicity
26 photos
River Lambert in 2011
8 photos
Photos of My Dad
87 photos
Presentation on California Native Shrubs for the...
269 photos
This is for a Zoom presentation for the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour. April 16, 2023.
Wedding Vase from Acoma Pueblo
4 photos
I cannot read all that it says on the base, so i cannot tell you who made this piece, but I think it's mid-20th-century. The designs are unusual. I think that the waves on top mean that we are...
Ladislao Ortega - Aztec / Mayan Revival
2 photos
These were made between the 1940s and the 1960s near Tonala, Guadalajara, Mex.
Very large Arts & Crafts Urn / Oil Jar
17 photos
I found this very large urn a couple months ago and it was all painted white. it was difficult to remove but the glazes underneath are really stunning. It's unsigned and i would love to know who...
Oct, 2022 Visit to New England
225 photos
Goat Mountain - First Trip
136 photos
Elderberry Pie Fiasco
5 photos
I saw all these wonderful plump elderberries in the mountains last wknd and i thought i'd collect some to make a pie. Not only did i make an elderberry pie, it was the first time i've ever made a...
Camping on Walker Ridge
96 photos
September, 2022
My new place - slowly taking form!
44 photos
Oakland Museum - Re-Landscape
110 photos
In 2022, we had the wonderful privilege to re-design and plant the majority of the central beds. We had to re-do the drainage system, irrigation system, remove the previous plants and re-plant with...
Plants growing along the Connecticut River in...
49 photos
East Bay Wilds History
82 photos
Someone asked me how many years we've been at our current location and i said 4 or 5, i think. my friend Mary cracked up and said it's been a lot longer than that. I put these photos together and...
Burlwood Food Container from Bhutan
2 photos
Mendocino National Forest - Just North of Clear...
124 photos
off Bartlett Springs Rd.
Miniature Vase - Japanese? Chinese? 18th c?
4 photos
the gray color in the flower almost looks like it could be grisaille. ??
A favorite garden in Piedmont.
11 photos
We've been working on this garden little
Small Frontyard for a Piedmont Hilltop
34 photos
We kept the two Japanese Maples, but all the new plants we used are native. We did this landscape five years before these photos were taken.
Robleda Ideas
89 photos
The Ninth Annual National Ceramic Exhibition
20 photos
1940
Visit to New England, Spring 2021
134 photos
The Oldest First Aid Kit
12 photos
I found this really cool old first aid kit the other day. It has square nail construction, but screws with wooden plugs and some very cool Eastlake / Aesthetic decorations. I'm looking for more...
Small Painting of Skyskrapers, signed 'Marin'
6 photos
Any info appreciated!
The Heart of the Castro
37 photos
This home is a very unique home - originally a farmhouse - in the middle of the Castro District of San Francisco. The owner makes beautiful quilts and often uses her garden for inspiration. The...
Eriogonum saxatile
1 photo
Repaired Chinese Vase
14 photos
Qing? Republic?
Canton Enamel Stacking Food Boxes
19 photos
People's Republic of China Vase
14 photos
A few of the paper contents of the Medical File...
11 photos
www.sfmuseum.org/hist8/fongwan1.html
Leymus condensatus 'Canyon Prince' - Canyon...
8 photos
Vitis girdiana - Desert Grape
5 photos
Trichostema x 'Midnight Magic' - Midnight Magic...
5 photos
Symphiotrichum x 'Plumas Purple - Plumas Purple...
7 photos
Found in Plumas County
Claytonia sibirica - Spring Beauty 'Petrolia Pink'
9 photos
Ceanothus 'Joyce Coulter' - Joyce Coulter...
3 photos
Arctostaphylos manzanita 'Mount St. Helena' -...
8 photos
Largest Pacific Madrone in a Garden
7 photos
in San Jose
Large Antique Nicho with Retablo of San Antonio...
7 photos
Happy Birthday Uncle Mike!!!
69 photos
i just realized that you're 75 and i'm 57! i miss you!
Walker Ridge and Bear Valley with Mauro
222 photos
Duck Cove and Indian Beach - Point Reyes National...
151 photos
3/1/20. Wonderful Day! or Day of Wonders!
Old Painting I found on Ebay
18 photos
I found this painting 7-8 years ago on ebay.. I've always like this painting alot so i framed it [sort of]. It's beautifully done and i'm trying to identify the artist. I'll add more pics when i...
Fort Hunter Liggett over the years.
219 photos
Nicho with Retablo of San Antonio de Padua
33 photos
I'm looking for more information about this piece.
Pleasant Hill Garden Club
217 photos
January 7, 2020
Point Reyes National Seashore
738 photos
These photos represent many years of exploring one of my favorite places on Earth.
Joey on various excursions
72 photos
My favorite vase - by who??!
18 photos
All of these photos are of the same 4.5 inch tall vase under different light conditions. I think it may be by Brother Thomas Bezanson of Weston Priory.
Karl Blossfeldt - Wunder in der Natur
105 photos
an old book i have.
Mount Tam Retreat
10 photos
Upper Fruitvale Gets an Overhaul
66 photos
Neriage / Nerikoma Vase by Banko circa 1910
6 photos
Scene on Fruitvale last night.
5 photos
one of the many fruit vendors in my barrio.
Mystery Textile! Coverlet?
8 photos
I have not been able to uncover any info on this piece and would really like to know about it. Note the eastern crosses on it - i think that is a clue. Caucusus, maybe? Turkey? Coverlet? Rug?...
Kantha from India
13 photos
made from recycled sari's.
Near Castle Crags State Park - July 2019
156 photos
Near Mt Eddy
New England June/July 2019
129 photos
Indian Reservoir and Walker Ridge Rd, June, 2019
298 photos
Large Textile from Sumba, Indonesia
8 photos
Growing Natives for Year-round Interest
225 photos
Recent Photos of East Bay Wilds Native Plant...
152 photos
Foothill Blvd at 28th Ave, Oakland, CA
510-409-5858
A jarlet created in 1480 - collected by sorcerers!
11 photos
15th century vase at the flea market last week. I got this info from Peter M Schwarz: Hoi An Shipwreck Vietnamese stoneware jar, Chu Dau, late 15th century. Vietnamese stoneware jar, delicately...
Early Painting by Wolf Kahn - Perhaps?
14 photos
Blue Lamassu
17 photos
A majolica lamassu from the 19th century. I'm looking for more information about it.
Antique Guatemalan Fabric - Ikat
4 photos
Bootjack - Marin County
141 photos
Up on a serpentine area of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County with my good buddies - Sunny Balsam and Eliezur Margolis.
Nice little 19th Century Marine Painting
14 photos
Piedmont Home Infills with Natives
16 photos
A large tree was removed from this front yard garden - leaving a big hole which we gladly filled with natives.
Huckleberry Regional Preserve, Oakland Hills with...
53 photos
South Coast Ridge Rd with Tom and Bowie Law and...
70 photos
Bromus laevipes - Woodland Brome
8 photos
The large ones are possibly Bromus californica, but they all look like B. laevipes. This is along a partially shaded section of the South Coast Ridge Rd in Monterey County.
Big Yard for a Young Family - right off Piedmont...
19 photos
Bhutanese Burl Dapa made from Nam
12 photos
I think that the wood is called nanmu - some kind of Asian cypress. it's the only wood in the world which doesn't shrink and distort with age - making it perfect for making these covered food...
Cystopteris bulbifera - Bulblet Fragile Fern
27 photos
NYC 2018
79 photos
Cystopteris Mystery
12 photos
I believe that this is Cystopteris protrusa because it is growing in pure sand instead of on rocks. The northernmost population of C. protrusa is supposedly in Connecticut, so this is an anomaly.
Unusual Fern / Bryophyte from Fern Canyon off Rte...
5 photos
Vacation in NH / VT 2018
464 photos
Somewhere near the Summit of Mount Eddy - Shasta...
251 photos
Near Castle Crags State Park.
Painted and Carved Wood Christ on a Throne
14 photos
I found this piece and it was completely black with soot. I spent three hours cleaning it the other evening and this beautiful piece was underneath!
Folk Carvings from Urban Ore
23 photos
East Peak of Mount Tamalpais with Sunny and...
133 photos
Antique Venus de Milo Garden Statue
13 photos
1920s? Cast stone?
Chinese Dragon Flower Pot
6 photos
Alien Lesbian Salt & Pepper Shakers
5 photos
Recent Mexican Finds
32 photos
Small and Very Blue Satsuma Vase with Butterflies
7 photos
Beautiful Vase by Art On for Robb Steck
4 photos
Saltillo Serapes
32 photos
This is a small part of my collection of vintage and antique serapes from Saltillo, Mexico.
Antique Chinese Birdcage
17 photos
with jade rings, carved bone/ivory panels, carved wooden figures, and carved bamboo feet.
Republic Period Jar with Original Content
14 photos
Sweet smelling - plum? peach?
Large Shino Chawan
12 photos
I'm trying to learn all i can about this interesting chawan.
An Old Ranch Revived in the HOT part of Danville
50 photos
These photos were taken two months after planting. There are major drainage issues here which we resolved by installing a drainage system and a seasonal creek.
Vancouveria crysantha - Golden Vancouveria
4 photos
Collomia grandiflora - Large-flowered Collomia
1 photo
Rhus aromatica - Fragrant Sumac
1 photo
Aztec Tourist Ware
2 photos
From Tonala, JAL, Mexico
A few finds over the past few months.
334 photos
Recent shots of East Bay Wilds Native Plant...
88 photos
February, 2018
My New Place near the nursery!
36 photos
Auditorium - Oakland Wrestling News, AD Santel,...
5 photos
Wrestling every friday night!
Large Imari Bowl - Japan
11 photos
am trying to figure out whether these are 17th, 18th or 19th century bowls and having a difficult time figuring it out.
The figures in the center are celebrating Tetsubon - a spring festival where...
Maxwell Park Corner Lot - Politely Private
48 photos
Finally some decent 'before' and 'after' pics!
FOSC Presentation on Growing Natives in Containers
229 photos
Textures and Colors - Fall / Winter - Bartlett...
126 photos
My roots. Where i'm from.
58 photos
The Secret Beach - Half Moon Bay
76 photos
Back in the 90s, i spent about a day and often two days per week exploring this beach. I found and excavated a 3-4 million year-old whale skeleton here and lots of other very cool things here. It's...
Arctostaphylos pajaroensis 'Paradise' - Paradise...
48 photos
Calocedrus decurrens - Incense Cedar
2 photos
Bartlett Springs Road - August, 2017
131 photos
New Hampshire - Summer - 2017
236 photos
loads more to come!
Oakland Architecture
20 photos
Oakland is bustling on a friday night!
Some recent photos of our work - current and past...
77 photos
Yosemite with John Greenlee
107 photos
Escape to Point Reyes on a hot June Weekend.
145 photos
Old Yunomi
6 photos
Cedar Mountain, May 2017 with Joey
172 photos
Chinese Marble-top Table
3 photos
Canton Enamel Plate - Qianlong Period [1711-1799]
2 photos
Chinese Jewelry Box with Jade Inserts
12 photos
Unusual Stone Pendant / Gorget
4 photos
20 inch Porcelain Sign of Rabbit
3 photos
Lake Michigan to Puget Sound - 1914
18 photos
Current Pacific Coast Hybrids in our Stock [maybe...
12 photos
Caliente Range April 15-16, 2017
194 photos
Ceanothus 'Wheeler Canyon' - Wheeler Canyon...
18 photos
Ceanothus 'Concha' - Concha Ceanothus
7 photos
Ceanothus dentatus 'Bluette' - Bluette Ceanothus
8 photos
Double Gourd Vase - signature unrecognized
6 photos
Dripware Mug
4 photos
Little Ceramic California Quail
6 photos
Chiranthofremontia lenzii x - Fremontodendron...
13 photos
growing in the ground at the nursery.
Garden City Fruit Bowl - 1930s
6 photos
Tiny Satsuma Vase
7 photos
Two Little Advertising Mirrors from Spain and...
7 photos
Japanese Laquer and Inlaid Box
6 photos
Dryopteris expansa - Spreading Woodfern
8 photos
A client gave me a large chunk of this fern which grows in her yard in the Sta Cruz Mtns and i wasn't sure what it was till recently. What a gorgeous, enormous fern this is! i love it!
Caliente Range and the Carrizo Plains - April 1 &...
199 photos
Caliente Mountain - Carrizo Plains Wildflowers -...
130 photos
New England and New York - Winter - 2017
158 photos
My dad's 80th birthday.
A few recent finds...
341 photos
some of the treasures i found in the last year. lots of flea markets, junk stores, second-hand stores, ebay, etc...
Belgian Faiencerie Thulin Crystalline Vase
12 photos
probably 1920s.
Antique Chinese Food Storage Container
7 photos
with old, stapled repairs.
Beautiful Sake Set
5 photos
Antique Burl Covered Box
12 photos
Beautiful old piece!
Arctostaphylos auriculata - Mount Diablo...
98 photos
Bombus vosnesenskii - Yellow-faced Bumblebee
7 photos
This bumblebee queen had just emerged from a hole in the ground and climbed a branch on a dead shrub at the Oakland Museum on January 18, 2017.
i read this about it on wiki: 'early emergence of the...
Walking through the Bigberries in the rain!
33 photos
near livermore, ca.
Ceanothus arboreus - Feltleaf Ceanothus
6 photos
Christmas Day with Mauro and Raul in Marin Cty
138 photos
Summary Gallery of Jobs We've Done
269 photos
Meteorite or Meteowrong?
19 photos
Found in the Mojave - near the Granite Mtns.
The Ghost Ship
22 photos
A few photos i had taken inside the Ghost Ship over the past couple of years. I won't identify the people and if they ask me to, i will remove them from this public album.
Stunning San Mateo Eichler Gets an Update
53 photos
I wish i could claim more credit for this beautiful garden. The owner of this place works very hard in the garden and so does her partner. We got the ball rolling with a lot of these plantings, but...
Sweetmeat Tray - Chinese Porcelain from Gump's of...
8 photos
Cinelli plate from Italy
2 photos
Big Sur - October, 2016
167 photos
Wheel-thrown Head Planter
6 photos
This beautiful mid-century piece has some damage, but is still gorgeous! it's 20" tall and unsigned.
i'd love to know who made this!
Vase with a Crystalline Glaze by who?
4 photos
the initials on the bottom look something like LVH, but not sure.
Large Garden City Urn
3 photos
16" tall. perfect condition.
Summer and Fall Blooming California Native Plants
313 photos
My Sister Beth's Wildflower Meadow this Summer
15 photos
Otagaki Rengetsu (1791～1875)
8 photos
i purchased this humble little treasure from a very kind Japanese woman from Berkeley at the Alameda Flea Market. the poem translates as:
Gentlefolk of Miyako,
please come see the moon
in my...
Elegant Simplicity Inside and Out of this...
39 photos
These very astute clients chose another landscape company to create this beautiful landscape, because they really had the experience w/ this fairly complex and challenging hardscape. But they...
A Yard for Dogs and Floods in Oakland
15 photos
This garden was designed to deal with excess water/flooding in winter and two dogs which love to dig. after the dry creekbed was installed and all the re-grading / contouring done, we stapled...
Alameda Cottage Gets a Re-do!
47 photos
Brand new installation.
A few recent fun finds
100 photos
for the antique store i'll never open...
South Coast Ridge Road - May 15-16, 2016
99 photos
Various shots from around the nursery over the...
117 photos
These are a few shots which show sites around the nursery - newest to oldest posts.
East Bay Wilds Native Plant Nursery
255 photos
Sonoma and Marin with My KC, Beth, Ryan & Emily
169 photos
Marcial y Rommy y Primo
10 photos
Mexico March 2016
513 photos
New Front Yard for Oakland View Home
18 photos
Aesculus californica - Red-leaved California...
6 photos
Carved Wooden Pounder - for grain or what?...
6 photos
looking for information on this piece i bought at Urban Ore in Berkeley, CA. thanks for any help!
Death Valley for My Birthday
159 photos
Fiddlenecks on Tejon Ranch
98 photos
Native Garden for a Dedicated Wildlife Gardener...
7 photos
We installed this garden in February, 2015 and it has really taken off. Here are photos one year after installation.
Wooly blue curls, Hearst Ranch Ceanothus, and manzanitas have established...
Reworking Some Old Photos
111 photos
some successfully. others... not so much!
MCM Flower Arranging Bowl
4 photos
California?
Eva Zeisel Hallcraft Fruitbowl on Stand
10 photos
This bowl is almost 12 inches across. I have not been able to find this pattern anywhere else.
Rare Garden City Garden Urn 17" tall
4 photos
The curled lip makes this piece particularly rare.
Beautiful, Unsigned MCM Vase
6 photos
Japanese?
East Bay Wilds Work at the Oakland Museum
83 photos
We began working about five years ago on the containers in the pond area, and now we are planting some large meadows on other levels. We are very proud of our work with the museum, as it is a...
Central San Jose - Completing the Conversion
76 photos
Finished in February, 2016.
Arctostaphylos montereyensis - Monterey Manzanita
8 photos
A rare/endangered manzanita found around Seaside and Fort Ord.
Arctostaphylos sp. with great color in June.
18 photos
Manhole and Sewer Drain Covers
10 photos
Manzanita Identification Workshop with Tom Parker...
187 photos
I just got back from this wonderful workshop put on by the Jepson Herbarium at the Hastings Reserve in Carmel. Beautiful place and we traveled around a bit and saw lots of gorgeous central coast...
Aesculus californica - California Buckeye - few...
85 photos
'What is your favorite tree?' i get asked this often, and if i'm honest, my answer has to be 'the one i'm lookiing at right now.'
Alameda Naval Base - 1-31-16
117 photos
Lewisia cotyledon and Dudleya gnoma - nonstop...
29 photos
Carved and Painted Timbers
7 photos
These appear to be Qing decorated timbers from China - maybe from a temple? i found and purchased them from Urban Ore in Berkeley. Any info as to their origin greatly appreciated!!
Marin Headlands and Sausalito with Two Young...
39 photos
Mount Madonna in the Middle of a Wet Winter with...
42 photos
Bigleaf Maples, Bay Laurels, Willows, and Ferns! Green! Green! Green!
A large Vase with a wax-resist design
5 photos
Laughing Buddha, Hotei, Buddhai, etc..
12 photos
this is a large one 12" x 12" x 9.5". Wonderful detail and expression! from Urban Ore in Berkeley.
Point Reyes 12-26-15
55 photos
fixing up my new place...
46 photos
Cone Peak November, 2015
135 photos
Contia tenuis - Sharp-tailed Snake
12 photos
Carex pansa - Dune Sedge
26 photos
Here is a C. pansa 'lawn' we installed from gallon containers around 10 yrs ago. It is mowed approximately every other month. It was problematic until we began to use corn gluten on it once or twice...
Freezing Cold up on Mount Diablo
26 photos
November 15, 2015
Lion's Den - South Coast Ridge Road, Monterey...
114 photos
My friend who went with me is Santiago Perez who just returned from Guatemala. We went to Big Sur 8 years ago too.
Fauna on plants - particularly butterflies
221 photos
hastily thrown together album.
Very beautiful, old uranium glass vase
7 photos
12" tall. Many bubbles. Possibly Murano Opaline Jade or Frederick Carder early piece when he started Steuben.
Exquisite Yunomi
1 photo
anyone recognize the mark/signature?
Gladding McBean Shell Dish
2 photos
Martha Stewart's Jadeite Relish Dish
3 photos
Unusual Chinese Ginger Jar
3 photos
Circa 1950 Koldair Fan
3 photos
Vintage Aluminum Flower Pot
4 photos
Pair of Painted Vases - Chinese
5 photos
These appear to be mirror images, but if you look closely, they are slightly different.
1945 Chalkware Rita Hayworth - 'Gilda, are you...
8 photos
bought at Goodwill for $2!
Sonora Pass - 2015
403 photos
Beautiful, 50-Year-Old Native Landscape in...
8 photos
We reigned in some of the wild and did a lot of heavy pruning and editing and a fair amount of additions [which aren't visible yet]. Stay tuned for more updates!
Monitor and Sonora Pass - September, 2015
162 photos
Eriogonum arborescens - Santa Cruz Island...
30 photos
One of my absolute favorite plants to use in native landscapes! It gets better with age and can live for a very long time. Unfortunately, it doesn't do very well in containers, but if sited right,...
Ericameria arborescens - Golden Fleece and...
23 photos
South Coast Ridge Road - Monterey and San Luis...
144 photos
Humboldt and Del Norte Counties - 8/15
62 photos
Point Reyes Over the Years
952 photos
Populus fremontii - Fremont Cottonwood
32 photos
Gladding McBean #116 Full Set - Antique
18 photos
Looking up into trees.
252 photos
Small Goofus Glass Birdbath
4 photos
Sphaeralceas - Globe Mallows!
31 photos
Lysimachia hybrida - Lowland Yellow Loosestrife
14 photos
This species is not previously known in this county.
New England - 2015
259 photos
Visiting my family. Most of these were taken on our land along the Connecticut River.
Strange Form of Pickeringia, or what?
6 photos
I found this in Southern Monterey County - very close to the SLO border - in serpentine soils. I've never seen anything quite like it. any ideas? please email me at pete@eastbaywilds.com if you...
Erynnis funeralis - Funereal Duskywing on...
9 photos
Serpentine Area on Southern End of South Coast...
365 photos
Katie's Birthday at Chez Panisse
5 photos
lovely friends from way back and their son who is checking out colleges around here.
Claytonia sibirica - Petrolia Pink Claytonia
5 photos
This is a Claytonia sibirica i found near Petrolia. i collected some seed and it has grown very quickly and makes a beatiful groundcover in a shady garden w/ a little bit of irrigation.
Old Oakland, East Bay, and some San Francisco
1 photo
old stuff i've collected.
Polk's Oakland City Directory, 1939
3 photos
Good Mfg. Co. New York - San Francisco - Niagara...
4 photos
South Coast Ridge Road, June 2015
231 photos
Old Frames in my Collection
65 photos
Piptatherum miliaceum - Smilo Grass
5 photos
non-native and invasive.
Planting a Manzanita in the Center of the Oakland...
12 photos
I found the container at Urban Ore about a month ago and called Tom Law and he ran out and picked it up for $100. We planted a super-glaucous bigberry manzanita from Livermore in it along w/ a...
Horde of Sterling
24 photos
most of these are sterling. found in a secret cubby hole in a house that was being demolished in San Francisco the other day.
At the Nursery This Week...
38 photos
East Bay Wilds Native Plant Nursery
510-409-5858
South Coast Ridge Road - May, 2015
226 photos
Old Gnome - German?
8 photos
30 year old Coast Live Oak in Point Richmond
4 photos
realidad abstracto
88 photos
Antique Japanese Bamboo Basket
3 photos
found this today at Urban Ore in Berkeley. it's very large - about 14 inches tall by 14 inches wide.
Latest Finds
274 photos
Miscellaneous Iphone Shots
18 photos
Berberis pinnata - California Barberry
29 photos
Berberis aquifolium 'Compacta' - Compacta Oregon...
7 photos
Fremontodendron decumbens - Pine Hill Flannelbush
17 photos
Studio Art Pottery Haul
95 photos
anyone recognize any of the signatures?
Duck Cove, Point Reyes National Seashore
82 photos
Arctostaphylos pungens - Pointleaf or Mexican...
6 photos
Clear Creek, San Benito County.
Eriodictyon tomentosum - Wooly Yerba Santa
11 photos
Holocarpha obconica - San Joaquin Tarweed
7 photos
i think this id is correct. please correct me if i'm wrong.
Very large Arctostaphylos glauca - Bigberry...
16 photos
Oak with the tiniest oak leaves i've ever seen.
3 photos
these leaves were all under 1 cm long - most 3-5 mm wide and 8-10 mm long.
Clear Creek, San Benito County, April, 2015
292 photos
with Mauro Carillo.
Antique Bowls and Plates marked 'Spain'
7 photos
i got these from an old man in San Juan Bautista, San Benito Cty. he said that he had them for over 50 yrs and the person he got them from said that they were imported to San Francisco in 1915.
Sphaeralcea Species Growing in Baja California,...
32 photos
March, 2015
Hillside Gardeners Presentation
370 photos
Baja California - March, 2015
654 photos
a very fun trip to Baja with Joey Malone. We are both amateur botanists who love exploring for plants, rocks, caves, pre-historic artifacts, etc...
What is RACE?
2 photos
a Unesco publication - 1952
South Coast Ridge Road with Gonzalo, February...
225 photos
Berberis aquifolium 'Golden Abundance' - Golden...
8 photos
We planted these about 6-7 years ago in the Hayward Hills.
Arctostaphylos 'Louis Edmonds' - Louis Edmonds...
7 photos
we planted these around 6-7 years ago.
Garrya elliptica 'James Roof' - James Roof...
42 photos
Kitillerk Muhummad? - Mid Century Palette Knife...
7 photos
i found this online for some later paintings.
1973
Kitilerk Muhummad – S. K. Muhummad – K. Muhummad
Was born in Chacherngsao Province, Thailand in 1944. He completed his secondary education in...
Oakland's Beautiful Faience Tiles - Dufwin Theater
10 photos
Mulberry Glazed Garden Urn
3 photos
I think this might just be an experiment from a bisque-glazing outfit. CFK? This pot's in bad shape.
Pueblo Albumen?
4 photos
i picked this up at a flea market in SF yesterday. i don't think it's really an albumen. it's made of paper - sepia toned. i love the frame though!
Wicker Ottoman / Poof
5 photos
Japanese Ainu Carved Bear
9 photos
this is definitely an old and very finely carved bear with ivory teeth and glass eyes.
Sunday Sunrise in San Pancho
16 photos
San Leandro Sanctuary
41 photos
Stay posted to watch the progression as this landscape matures.
A few recent treasure finds!
209 photos
all from the past month.
Bitossi!
10 photos
Here are a couple recent finds i've made of Bitossi pottery from the 1960s. they are both rare, highly sought and valuable. The cookie jar is from 1965 and is from the Mondrian Line of pottery, and...
Pre-Colombian Textile - Ancient Chancay Textile...
4 photos
I found this at Urban Ore.
it's a large piece - at least 19 inches by 11.5 inches. it's been in this frame for over 50 years.
i'm still trying to find out what those anthropomorphic figures are....
Marah fabaceus - Manroot after the Mount Diablo...
6 photos
Incredibly vigorous flowering!
Small, Cobalt Blue Reticulated Porcelain Basket -...
6 photos
Hand Carved Obsidian King Pakal Sculpture. it is...
6 photos
Frangula californica - Coffeeberry - Unusual Form
3 photos
This cofeeberry is 6-7 yrs old and is only about 20 inches tall, but spreading nicely. i like the large, roundish leaves and low, spreading form.
Desert-washed Rocks
5 photos
The eroding pattern is strange on these rocks - in a part of Anza-Borrego National Park.
Umbellularia californica - California Bay Laurel
158 photos
as you can tell, i'm also very fond of this tree which is the most common native tree [besides Quercus agrifolia] in these parts.
Arctostaphylos otayensis - Otay Manzanita
13 photos
Castela emoryi - Crucifixion Thorn
10 photos
Psorothamnus spinosus - Smoke Tree
13 photos
Pink Sand Beaches of Andrew Molera State Park
11 photos
The pink sands are caused by eroded garnet.
Adenostoma sparsifolium - Red Shanks
18 photos
Salton Sea, Mecca, Otay Mountain - New Years 2015...
299 photos
Carved Wood Guan Yu Warrior Figure Holding a...
7 photos
This is 23 inches tall and made of a very heavy wood.
Large, Antique, Carved, Chinese Star Gods - very...
10 photos
Chinese Star Gods with their attributes, left to right: Fu, with a child, Jupiter, Happiness: Lu, holding a Ru Yi scepter, Ursa Major, Prosperity: Shou, with the Peach of Imortality, Canopus,...
Big Sur Dec 27-28 with Gonzalo Pablo
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Pink sand, whales, a bobcat, funky trees, cold and clear, good company and beautiful sunsets! a great weekend!
Simple Olla with a Green Snake Design
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1940s, i think. but where is it from? Mexico? the Pueblos? California Indian?
Urban Nature!
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i found many, many clumps of these mushrooms in front of a Kentucky Fried Chicken near my house. i think that it may be the Armillaria species responsible for Oak Root Fungus.
20 Centuries of Mexican Art, 1940, Museum of...
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Advisory Meeting for Planting Justice in Berkeley
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The Expressionists - A Survey of their Graphic...
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Mother of Pearl Shell Caviar Boats?
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Blue Celadon Vase
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from the Alameda Antiques Fair.
Old watercolor from Mill Valley in 1892
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i received this info:
Docents in the Mill Valley History Room are currently researching your question about the painting., and so far, we have found that Mill Valley held a gala on July 18, 1896,...
Vintage YMCA Sign - from the Berkeley Y - 1920s?...
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This is a very large porcelain sign which was neon before. It's about nine ft long and five ft tall.
Bursley Ltd. Crown Pottery 'Gloria' Dripware Vase
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Point Reyes with Gonzalo on an Early Winter Day
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12/6/14
Santa Cruz with Gonzalo Pablo and Family
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11-28-14
Mom & Dad's Visit 2014
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My Mom and Dad came to visit in November, 2014. We spent most of the time in Point Reyes - staying with a friend in Inverness. We had a really wonderful time.
Glazed Vase by Cherie Pottery
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Manzanitas in Containers
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a few experiments over the years. some were successful and others weren't. C'est la vie.
Butterflies and Plants They Love!
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Studio Art Pottery Covered Dish - unsigned
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Beautiful, unsigned, covered jar from the flea...
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Beautiful, vintage guache found at the Alameda...
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i think that this is from the 30s to 50s, somewhere in america. it is signed something like CUS or CUG.
Toxicodendron diversiloba - Poison Oak
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Very few plants are as stunningly beautiful as this much-feared and sometimes extremely toxic plant. It isn't used in landscaping anywhere in California that i know of, but i've heard that it is used...
Atriplex lentiformis ssp. breweri - Quailbush
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Native Plant Week 2015
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I chose photos which can be used in a variety of ways - banners, backgrounds, focalpoints, etc. i think that this is a wise approach as people can use them in different ways to promote whatever it...
Hesperocyparis sargentii - Sargent Cypress
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Quercus lobata - Valley Oak
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From the tops of the Coastal Range to the Sierra Foothills.
Diversity amongst the California Oaks
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Variation among the Coffeeberries - Frangula...
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Master Gardeners Workshop
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10-22-14
Daniel Ortega
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a friend from El Salvador who is fun to photograph. he's also a lot of fun to travel and explore with and ride bicycles with.
Tonala Pottery in my Collection
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Tonalá has long been recognized as a center for ceramics in Mexico. The streets are filled with artisan workshops and sidewalks stalls selling pottery and stoneware pieces.[45] One thing that...
Peacock Bookends
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Wooden Boy Statue - Indonesian?
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22 Miles to June Lodge
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Carved Smoky Quartz Persimmon or Peach?
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Brass Ibex on Green Granite Mounts - Bookends
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Sonora Pass
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it snowed pretty hard!
KMK Pottery - West German - 1980s - Lima Pattern
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KMK Keramik Manufaktur KupfermĂĽhle
Vintage and Antique Mexican Pottery I've Collected
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Tiny Japanese Cups with Roosters and Dragons
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Art Glass Bowl - VERY thick - Green and Yellow
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Experimenting with Bonsais and Bonsai Pots I've...
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Antique Cal Art Tiles - from Richmond, CA
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Cloud-footed Art Deco Pottery Bowl
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i think that this has a 'V' in the center of the base and that it's an unusual piece by Leon Volkmar of Durant Kilns, New Bedford, NY - circa 1915.
Sonora Pass and Bridgeport with Gonzalo
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wonderful weekend exploring an area of the sierra which i'm not all that familiar with [Sonora Pass, not Bridgeport]. i'm learning my conifers which has never been my strongpoint in botany.
Laquer Panels - Asian
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I don't know much about them. They were a gift from a friend.
Old Prints and Paintings I've Collected
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i reframed most of these in old frames i found over the years. I've had some of these for many, many years and others i've found and purchased recently - mostly from flea markets, thrift stores,...
'The Fruits of the Earth' (1911) by Edward J....
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I found this beautiful old print, which i put in an old frame and gave to my sister for Christmas. This was my introduction to Detmold, and i've purchased several of his prints and books since then,...
Chinese Tile Table - found [broken] at the...
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i am wondering whether this tile is worth restoring. it's very beautiful, but i know very little about Chinese ceramics [although i'm a big fan of lots of it!]. thank you for any help you might...
Cloud-footted Gladding McBean Bowl and Catalina...
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Carstens Tönnieshof circa 1958
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West German Pottery
Little Brother and Little Sister - The Brothers...
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a book i found the other day at the bookstore in Point Reyes Station. this is a first edition from 1917 with 12 tipped in plates. I love Rackham's work!
Victorian Tile Trivet
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This was possibly a French musical trivet before it was restored. the wood on the back has been replaced. underneath it is very old - all square nails. The tile is 8 inches square and the frame is...
Old faience 'Cups' probably from a fountain
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These were made by a tile company, but i'm not sure which one. I'm not exactly sure what they are either.
Giant Bonsai Pot from China
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i'm looking for information about this pot. can you read the poem or do you know anything about it? it's about 28" long.
15 old Cal Art Tiles
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Spectacular day in Point Reyes
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Sept 7, 2014
Under the Bay Trees at Sacramento Landing
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September 7, 2014
Monardella villosa x purpurea - Hybrid Coyote Mint
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Liken the Lichen!
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SODS Survivor [Sudden Oak Death Syndrome]
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Most of these photos are of the same Tan Oak which has had SODS for around ten years and is still alive - Santa Cruz Mountains. Some of the pictures show other Tan Oaks very close by which have just...
Summit of Mount Diablo, 8-24-14
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Strymon melinus - Gray Hairstreak laying it's...
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Strymon melinus - Gray Hairstreak laying it's eggs on an Arctostaphylos glauca var. glaucescens we planted in a native garden in Oakland.
Umbellularia californica - Best of the Bays
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Here's a few favorite photos of the Bay Laurel. I chose them because they show different aspects of this enormous and variable tree which plays a very important role in coastal California forests.
Unsigned Bowl of Fruit Painting - Framed
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from Urban Ore - $5!
a few recent finds...
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Point Reyes with Gonzalo and Dani. 8-9-14
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The New Streamliner Train
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Here's an interesting old brochure for a passenger train which ran from Chicago to San Francisco. It isn't dated, but i think it's from when the train first began in 1936. According to Wikipedia: 'On...
Upper Lola Montez Lake - 2014
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Dictionaire, Encyclopedique et Biographique de...
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Lupines - Best of over time...
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Extra-large, iron fence post cap painted as Joe N.
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Little Chinese Erotic Potion Bottle I Found
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Buckwheats!
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for a presentation on buckwheats that i'm giving.
Above it All in Point Richmond
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I just love this home! it's on a ridgetop overlooking Point Richmond on one side and the Bay on the other. it feels like you are high up in the Oakland Hills, but it's really not high up at all. ...
Old Religious Iconography in My Collection
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These are mostly in my collection of religious icons. I use some as garden focalpoints, and others i have inside my house. i've always been fascinated by this stuff, although i don't consider...
Latest Finds & Treasures
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Mom's 75th Birthday Surprise on May Pond
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Visiting Family in New England, Summer 2014
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and my Mom's 75th Birthday on May Pond.
Flora of May Pond, Washington, NH
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Flora of Barber Mountain, Claremont, NH
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Barber Mountain was essentially my backyard, where i grew up. I've been exploring the mountain and it's plants since i was a young kid.
Dictionaire, Encyclopedique et Biographique de...
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These are from a full set of encyclopedias i bought at an antique store in New Hampshire on my vacation. They were printed from 1880-1888 in Paris and are in beautiful, almost untouched condition. ...
older photos i had forgotten - Mendocino Coast
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Aristolochia californica - California Pipe Vine
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More Iphone Shots Around SF
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June 21, 2014
Native Garden Makeover in Progress: Alameda...
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Hedges of Pennies from Heaven and Morro Bay Manzanitas, along with a lush shade garden and a Desert Willow, Desert Maple, Wooly Blue Curls, and a Super Glaucous Bigberry Manzanita. Driveway of...
Asclepias eriocarpa - Kotolo Milkweed
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Wooly Pink Curls??
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I found a few Trichostema lanatums growing close to one another which had pure pink / mauve flowers, rather than the typical blue and pink flowers.
What kind of Clarkia is this?
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Found along Nacimento-Ferguson, close to the army base.
Nacimento-Ferguson Hwy and Big Sur
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June 14-15, 2014
Guess who's been catching fish in the creek along...
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OLD CATHOLIC STUFF
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I grew up in a very Catholic, French Canadian/American family. Although i'm probably considered a product of Vatican II, where this imagery was not nearly as important as it was in my parents and...
Calochortus venustus - Butterfly Mariposa Tulip
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amazing variety amongst a single patch of this species.
Celeste & Brody
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getting hitched in october!
Hiking Amongst the BIG BOYS with my Niece, Emily
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Siskiyou, Humboldt and Mendocino Counties.
Large Peony Jar
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Large and very heavy jar - 'Made in China' w/ some script which translates [in part] 'Made in the town of King Tak'.
Emily's Visit to California with her Uncle Pete
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we took a roadtrip up to Siskiyou, Mendocino and Shasta Counties, plus we hung out in Oakland and San Francisco.
Another piece of Fat Lava
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Unsigned.
Vintage 1960s Harter Executive Office Chair
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Strybing Arboretum 5-11-14
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took a bunch of iphone shots in sf the other...
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Eriogonum crocatum - Conejo Buckwheat
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Things i find for the tchotchke shop i'm going to...
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Find of the Day: a nice little still-life...
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I picked up this little still-life at a thrift store near my house yesterday. i did some research on the artist, and he was one of the wealthiest people in America in the 1950s and 60s and he gave...
After the Fire: Mount Diablo 4-20-14
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The fire followers are just getting started because the fire was late in the season or because we had very little rain this winter.
Hanging Stained Glass Lamp
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1970s California redwood and stained glass lamp.
Equisetum hyemale var. affine - Scouring Rush
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These looked very different than any i've seen before. They were over eight feet tall - which is taller than the height range for the species.
Comic History of Greece from the Earliest Times...
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Illustrated by John Sloan, W. M. Goodes, F. McKernan, E. Shinn, H. Blue, F. C. Schell, and Bob Addams.
Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company 1897.
Rare and important American satire.
Mendocino April 12-13, 2014
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Fremontodendron 'Ken Taylor' - Ken Taylor...
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Botanical Prints from the 1850s
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Both California native plants - calochorti.
Beautiful Oil or Water Jar from the 1950s or...
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This beautiful piece is unsigned and handmade. I'd love to learn something about it.
Tall Planter by Gladding McBean[?]
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I think that this planter was made by Gladding McBean in the 1920s/30s, but am not certain. there is a '5' visible in the third photo. This pot is about 18" tall.
Sneezee Garden Statue
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This is part of a set sold by Walt Disney in the 30s/40s - from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. I love the original paint on this one.
Very Cool Old Toolbox
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I thought that this was a sheet metal worker's toolbox, because of the very neat rivets and fancy metal work along w/ that great crimped copper handle, but i saw a photo of another one exactly like...
California Natives as Bonsai
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i'm using the term 'Bonsai' in the loosest possible way. i realize that it is a term restricted to a very exact science for many people and that it takes many years and the transmission of the...
East Bay Wild's Garden at the San Francisco...
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California Native Plants for Shade Gardens
Iris Pacific Coast Hybrids - PCH
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San Francisco Flower and Garden Show 2014
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East Bay Wilds participated in the SF Garden Show as a last minute submission. We had one month to plan and execute and a budget of only $1800. The theme of our garden was California native plants...
Oak Woodlands East of Seaside - August, 2009
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Handmade Pottery Bust - biblical? neanderthal? or...
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Giant Skillet or Dutch Oven - with cover weighs...
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i found it while hiking in the woods near orinda. a friend and i carried it back to the car and it took a looong time! This thing is very difficult to pick up by two people when it has the cover on.
More Arbutus menziesii - Pacific Madrone
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They seem to thrive on these very ragged and tenuous edges. They often lose a lot of branches to the elements, but continue to be the most beautiful tree in North America. Some of these shots show...
Mendocino!
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Saying goodbye to the Peacock Ranch which my friends Ole and Max are selling to move to Costa Rica. Most of these shots were taken while exploring the Navarro River and Mountain View Road near the...
California Condor
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love these big birds!
Bird Girl Painted Garden Statue
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this statue is between 3 and 4 ft tall.
Interesting Mexican Terracotta Frog - Aztec Design
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This definitely has some age to it, but i think it's a modern reproduction of an Aztec frog. I haven't been able to find a photo of the original one though.
Saltillo Serape
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i have quite a few of these old serapes/saltillos and i really like them alot.
Old and Naughty Lighter
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Awaji Pottery - Art Deco Pottery from Japan -...
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I really like this pottery. I just started collecting it recently.
Antique Squeeze Toy Elephant
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Matte Green Zanesville Jardinere
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4.75 inches by 6.33 inches.
Invertebrate Paleontology - 1935
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Old Stickers - made in Germany
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just in time for Valentine's Day!
Signs of these [and other] times...
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Many of these are in my sign collection, but a few belong to others and some i just like. I have many more as well. I'm not sure why i like old signs so much...
Large Matte-Green Planter
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Not sure who made this. Let me know if you recognize the piece. Garden City Pottery, maybe?
Zuni Polychrome Owl - an early piece from around...
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Clear Creek Management Area (CCMA)
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Southeast of the Pinnacles National Park in San Benito County.
Western Electric Fan - pre-1920
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Flea market fan bought when they were still very common.
Fat Lava [scheurich] and a $2.40 Vase from Urban...
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and a big, new german [?] vase in the back... along with two delicious tangerines.
Lots and lots of pots!
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at East Bay Wilds Native Plant Nursery.
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i have had and still have many of these pots for sale at the nursery. Let me know if you are interested in purchasing one.
Arctostaphylos glauca var. glaucescens - Bigberry...
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Busted!
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i realized how ubiquitous / universal busts are throughout the world - many different cultures throughout thousands of years have had them. i dream of creating a garden w/ many different busts from...
Amazing views from Point Richmond!
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Hesperocyparis forbesii - Tecate Cypress [i...
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at East Bay Wilds Native Plant Nursery
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Spice Cabinet - Indonesian?
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Ole's Peacocks - from Peacock Ranch - Mendocino...
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DUDLEYAS!!
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i love Dudleyas! in the wild and in my garden, in the ground and in lots and lots of pots!
Point Reyes National Seashore - Mount Vision
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Antique Porcelain Bowls
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I bought these two bowls at the Alameda Flea Market. The seller told me that he thinks they are Korean from the 18th century. one of the bowls is 6 inches across and the other is 7.25 inches across....
Large and Deep Relief Tile I found
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16.5 inch by 5 inch stoneware tile i found at urban ore.
Weekend in December in Mendocino
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Piedmont Tudor Gets a Major Facelift
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Just finished up w/ this job today. We took 11 truckloads of green waste out of this yard. The couple were so cute - they kept comparing the process to birth!
Santa and his cool helpers dropped by to see the...
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Right outside the gates to the nursery.
Lidded Vase with Fishes - signed by WHO?
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WHODUNNIT? i thought i knew who made this, but i recently heard from that artist and she says it wasn't her.
Cool old shelf in old blue paint [from urban ore]
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i bought this great old piece for $4 today!
Very large old toolbox i found at Urban Ore
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Sunset from Emeryville
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Crataegus douglassii - Black Hawthorn
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Very Old Nativity Set from Mexico
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Enormous Urn - Burnished Tonala / Tlaquepaque -...
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I picked this up at a salvage yard in Berkeley. It's 26 inches tall by 22 inches wide.
I'm so amazed at how beautiful, intense and dreamy this artwork is. it's almost like it's the apotheosis of a...
John Thomas Biggers - mixed media on paper
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I'd love to find out more about this. I purchased it at a yard sale a couple years ago, and i thought i recognized the artist, but couldn't remember the name. then i thought i had lost it and i just...
Barber Mountain - where i grew up.
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this beautiful mountain is in claremont, nh - along the connecticut river. i've been exploring this place since i was 12 years old, and i'm always finding new things there. It was recently...
Connecticut River in front of my family's home
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These are all taken from our lower field or the adjoining boat landing.
Thanksgiving in New England, 2013
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Mount Vision, Point Reyes National Seashore
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November 24, 2013
Lake Merritt in Oakland after the rain.
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Mines Road - 11/16/13
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Found Log / Bench / Burl
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What kind of wood do you think this is? Madrone? Bay Laurel?
East Bay Wilds Native Plant Nursery
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Cirsium occidentale - Cobweb Thistle
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at East Bay Wilds Native Plant Nursery
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Large Cast-stone Planter - Early 20th Century
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I think this is from 1900-1915. it weighs around 120 lbs. It has cedar waxwings on one side and some other bird and bamboo on the other.
East Bay Wilds Native Plant Nursery
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Tiny Accounts Book for a Minnesota Potatoe Farmer
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Calfskin, gilded edges 4.5" x 2.5". Most of this book is filled w/ numbers of sacks of potatoes and the names of the farmers. Some of it has quantities of wood to build a house, while...
Old Bulldog Garden Statue
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I think this is an English Bulldog. It's pretty old and i'd like to know more about it. Please let me know if you know anything about it's age or breed. Thanks!
Green Mansions by W. H. Hudson and illustrated by...
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1937 edition designed by Frederic Warde and printed by the Haddon Craftsmen in Camden, NJ for the members of the Heritage Club.
Susannah Israel Sculptures at the Nursery
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California clay artist Susannah Israel’s seminal work is widely shown and appears in private and public collections around the world, such as the American Ceramics Collection, Mint Museum, the...
Very Large and Forgotten Comarostaphylis...
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Mount Diablo After the 2013 Fire
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Looking forward to spring on the mountain!!
East Bay Wilds Native Plant Nursery - Latest...
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Lots of fun things beyond interesting native plants these days.
Please call for an appointment and bring some friends. We are located in the heart of the Fruitvale District of East Oakland - a very...
Textures on Alameda Beach at Sunset
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i love the texture of this thick seaweed carpet. it was over six inches deep in some spots. And this huge wooden raft had really great texture too - particularly in the light of the setting sun.
Milo Baker Chapter Presentation
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sunday in san francisco
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Chrysothamnus nauseosus - Rubber Rabbitbush
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Escaping the Rim Fire - Bishop and Hwy 50...
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Very fun trip to the Bishop Area w/ my friend Rafa. We laughed until our sides split and had a great time exploring!
Oakland Shoreline Bike Ride with Lucy
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Oakland Shoreline Park from Tidewater Boat Club to Martin Luther King Jr Regional Shoreline Park.
This is just one section of a 20 mile bikeride i took w/ my dog Lucy on Sunday, Sept 1, 2013.
Gathering Drift Lumber with Rafa
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We go out to Alameda Point to collect wood which has washed up on the beaches there. We use the wood for benches and other garden furniture as well as other things like signs for the nursery. It's...
Hemizonia congesta - Hayfield Tarweed
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Beautiful and Large Incised Bowl from Mexico
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The Adventures of Tommy by H.G. Wells - 1929
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Earthworms and Their Allies - 1912 - Cambridge...
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another great old book from Point Reyes Station!
Point Reyes 8-19-13
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California Illustrated - Including a Trip Through...
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Zauschneria 'Everett's Choice' - Everett's Choice...
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Back 40 in the Hayward Hills - Low Maintenance...
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the following is 'in progress', so please check back soon for more pics and details...
This is the lower 1.5 acres of a very large yard in the Hayward Hills. When we began the work in the fall of...
Alameda Point - Brutal Land Disturbance in...
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Despite weather extreme conditions, an invasion of mullein, cheatgrass, and Russian thistle, and very toxic waste, a few natives thrive. Heterotheca grandiflora - Telegraph Weed, Centromadia pungens...
Eriogonum nudum 'Ella Nelson's Yellow' - Ella...
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Patch of Natives in the Laurel District
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i rearranged these photos showing the newest ones first.
Salvia clevelandii 'Winifred Gilman' - Winifred...
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smaller, neater, more compact than other S. clevelandiis. great, fragrant, native sage for the smaller garden.
Berberis fremontii - Fremont Barberry
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Chrysolepis chrysophylla var. minor - Golden...
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I really love this large bush / small tree! Native to most places where there are more than one manzanita species present - throughout the state - including here in Oakland where some of these photos...
Hedgerows - A CNPS Presentation I'm working on
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Eriogonum ammeii - East Bay Wild's Buckwheat
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Here's one of our interesting nursery hybrid buckwheats. I think that this is either E. fasciculatum x E. arborescens or E. giganteum. Whatever it is, it's very large and very pretty right now. The...