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I haven’t shared any doors in a long time, but thought I’d share a couple of doors, and some flowers that are in bloom from my visit to Blake Garden last Saturday with Gordon from undiscoveredimagesamonstus and a few other friends.
Blake Garden is owned and operated by UC Berkeley. It’s open Mon-Fri. Closed on week-ends except once a year it opens on the week-end for public visiting.
I’d never been there before and was looking forward to seeing and photographing flowers in bloom. I wasn’t disappointed, and there were DOORS! Well, just a couple.
This Mission Style building was marked private. It looked empty, but had huge windows overlooking the view of the bay and San Francisco. Unfortunately, on this morning it was very overcast so the view wasn’t good.
This view was very good I thought, but the reflection had me the moment I saw it. Anna and I waited sometime for this view to be people free.
A closer look at the door:
Standing in front of the house/building and looking east you see this! Do you see the Koi?
I love Stone Bridges, and this one is so cute. There’s a little door and a hidey hole too.
A Columbine. I think it’s a Blue Columbine, but I’m not positive.
I laid down on the path to get a view of its face which was hidden when looking down and walking along the path.
The Green Tool Shed had its door open and I liked the little peek inside and the foliage framing it.
I have quite a few flower images, but I’ll end with a Red Poppy so it doesn’t turn into a Flower Post. 🙂
This post has been part of Norm Frampton’s Thursday Doors. He’s a master gardener of doors.
Click on over to his website here and at the bottom of his post you’ll find the little blue frog. Click that and be taken to a list of all Door Gardeners that are sharing their door finds this week.
If you have a door or two you’d like to share please do! Norm gives us until noon Saturday Quebec time to post and link up!
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The second flower photo had me mesmerised, I am going back for another look.😎
Isn’t that neat Jack! It was facing downward so you couldn’t see that part of the flower whilst looking down at from the path, so I laid down on the path and scooted under it and shot facing up at it. 🙂
I’m so glad you like it. Do you have Columbine there?
Those perfect like glass mirror reflections are absolutely stunning, Deborah. I loved your green gardening shed and such a pretty place to have shared with us all!
Hugs! I went back to make sure I had told you get well, then saw the baby bird owlets. 💞 Happy days to you and yours. . . 💐
Thank you so much Robin!
Happy Days, and week to you too! xx
😊 It’s such a beautiful place and I only saw a tiny bit of it. I hope to get back again, but not on the only week-end they’re open to the public!
The columbine and poppy images are stunning! Well captured!
Thank you so much!
What a wonderful place, Deborah. You captured it so beautifully in your photographs. I’m glad you ended with the poppy, one of my favourite plants.
Thank you so much Jean!
Beautiful shots Deborah. That reflection won me over as well and that bridge is very fairytale-like. I love the details of the flowers. 🙂
Thank you so much Amy!
What a gorgeous garden! I had never heard of this place. Thanks so much for sharing!
I love this post, especially the long looks down the garden axis. And your flowers~as far as I’m concerned, you could do flower posts all the time! 🙂
Wonderful collection of flowers, doors, and views. I love the stone bridge, with its hidey hole. I’m going to call that a troll house!
Lovely place and great flower and door shot Deborah! 😍 Looks so relaxing…
Thank you so much Lily! It was lovely!
What a lovely place to walk-and take photos! No post would be complete without beautiful flowers. I can feel how peaceful it is, Deborah.
Thank you so much Cheryl!
Lucky you. Lovely place to visit and photos really capture it.
Thank you so much!
Stunning flowers and I love the reflection in the water! Thanks for sharing!
So glad you liked the images Lynn! xx
Doors, tool sheds, AND gorgeous flowers – yes. 🙂
I thought you’d like seeing a bit of this place. I’m glad you do! Thank you!
Great shots. What makes me smile is the beautiful California poppy.
They are so pretty, and great subjects for flower photography.
Thank you so much John!
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Beautiful images – I recently bought my first columbine, a yellow one, love them!
Thank you so much! I hope your Columbine is successful and you have years of beautiful flowers!
Gorgeous images.
Thank you so much Susan!
Amazing shot, that first one, Deborah! Am surprised to see a barn-looking structure in a city like San Francisco. Yes, I think it’s a colombine. You can turn your post into anything you want to – I wished I would see more red poppies!
Thank you very much Jesh! This isn’t in the city (SF) it’s really in Kensington/El Cerito. Closer to you than the city. 🙂
The red Poppies are pretty!
Oh, your first pic looks like a city pic – have to look up where this is!
I’ve never been to this area of the Bay Area before. It’s gorgeous! Tricky to find even with GPS, but worth the trip north!
Next time you’re picking up your son on a week-day if time allows go here then head to Kensington proper about mile south of the Garden if you’re hungry.
A late -thank you – Deborah!
🙂
I’m glad you took those shots; I missed them on Saturday when I got separated from you guys but saw the pond on Tuesday on my return trip. Great shot of the door from the other end of the pond (I didn’t think to do that comp on Tuesday as I was looking for the hummers and I got some hummers photos). Blake Garden is so cool and it was even better early in the morning when there weren’t any people around except for a few enjoying the peaceful environment.
Thank you so much Gordon!
Going during the week in the morning would be awesome. Far fewer people I’m sure especially compared to the one week-end they were open when we went. 🙂
I’ll be looking for your images from your Tues. visit!
What a beautiful spot. Terrific photos of the flowers and the weathered shed!
Thank you so much Belinda!
I don’t mind you holding back the flowers on doors day, but you’ll share them later, RIGHT?! 😀 Looks like columbine to me, too. I love the water reflection, that’s stunning. You did well waiting for people to clear out, I get impatient with that.
🙂 I will.
Ahhh, that was good for my soul. Thanks, Deborah.
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So glad you liked it Janet!
Beautiful images, Deborah!
Thanks so much Donna!
What a beautiful day you had there, Deborah. So many lovely things in this post. I think the stone bridge is my favorite — especially with the door and hidey hole, which made it intriguing as well as charming. Great work with the flower closeup. Hugs!
It was a lovely morning. Thank you so much Teagan! The stone staircase/bridge is so nice. I loved the little hidey hole. It was fenced off so I couldn’t peek. 😦
This is a great post, Deborah. I love the little stone bridge and the reflections in the pool. Thanks for waiting for it to be people free. That tool shed looks bigger than my first apartment 😉 – The flowers are very pretty.
The reflection was really pretty. I’m glad you liked it too.
That shed is bigger than my first apartment too! 🙂