As we remember our mothers on this Mother's Day in May, 2025 let us not forget all they taught us, supported us through and for many of us have left us in their deaths. Perhaps some of you know my mother gave birth to me on Mother's Day?
Of course, my birthday often occurs on another day in May, as it does this year. Since no family is nearby, friends will be celebrating with me. One will be bringing my all time favorite cake (Cardinal Sin: dense, rich and almost fudgy. A flourless, bittersweet, single layer chocolate cake, glazed with house made chocolate ganache and chocolate). The Patisserie Angelica in Sebastopol is where anyone living nearby may purchase one to enjoy, if they so wish.
Sistrinchium bellumWhile living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a thorough search was made to find a comparable cake . . . nada. So back living near Patisserie Angelica their Cardinal Sin is frequently purchased for birthday celebrations.
Californian blue eyed grass
Calylophus drummondianus
(Sundrops)
More pictures of the plethora of flowers now in the garden . . . in both the front and the back.
Displacus aurantiacus (Bush monkey flower) |
Aesculus californica (California buckeye) |
Calycantus occidentalis
(Western spicebush)
Carpenteria californica
(Bush anemone)