When the fog lifts from gray San Francisco and Indian summer sun floods the up-and-down streets, the plants and buildings suddenly show their true colors in all their vividness. Some plants are painted on, others are trimmed into submission, while others grow into their own forms, whether creating sidewalk tunnels or two-dimensional trees. Here’s a little photo walk around San Francisco’s Mission and Noe Valley neighborhood back when the sun was shining.
Posts Tagged ‘mural’
San Francisco sidewalks: steep, lush, vivid, wacky
Posted in California plants, Questions & discussion, tagged architecture, California, mural, San Francisco, sidewalk, street, tree on 8 November 2013| 2 Comments »
Santa Cruz, CA: Post-Christmas cactus
Posted in Plants worldwide, tagged cactus, California, mural, santa cruz, taqueria, wall on 14 February 2012| Leave a Comment »
Once in awhile, in addition to 3d, living plants, I document depictions of plants, too. After eating some fantastic tacos in Santa Cruz early last month, I noticed a blobby little urban mural cactus hiding behind the Christmas decor.
We have a winner! Subway quiz prizes & answers
Posted in Berlin plants, Events/exhibitions/etc., Questions & discussion, tagged Berlin, dandelion, kiosk, Mitte, mural, neukölln, painted, quiz, subway, traffic island, Wedding on 8 June 2009| 1 Comment »
Our quiz about plants near Berlin’s U8 subway line is officially over! The poster in the Bernauer Straße station came down last week and it’s time to announce a winner and reveal the answers to the quiz.
If you haven’t tried the quiz, you can still find it here – just for fun, no more prizes will be awarded. If you’re ready to see the answers, read on.