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Saturday, December 4, 2010 – The Gardenias

December in Los Angeles means gardenias in bloom, and there are variations. Gardenia is a genus with a hundred forty-two species, all slightly different, all of the coffee family, Rubiaceae. And even if they're everywhere out here in December, they're not native – they come from the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and such places. But we love them - Billie Holiday wore gardenias in her hair, and called them her trademark. They're pretty cool. And by the way, Linnaeus named them after Dr. Alexander Garden (1730-1791) – a Scottish-born American naturalist. That's cool too.

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[December 2010] [The Big Empty] [Drawn to Venice] [Good Times] [Riot Mob] [Happy Land] [Hard Boulevard] [Hollywood Wreaths] [The Gardenias] [Strange Lighting] [Hollywood Nature] [Fighting Christmas] [Lights-Camera] [Andy Lives On] [Just Folks] [Getting Trashy] [Otherworldly] [Serene Geometry] [Downtown Sun] [The Sky Above] [Just Words] [Strange Eyes] [Winter Formal] [Dark Sunlight] [Lighting Hollywood] [One Odd Light] [Hollywood Colors] [Gift Flowers] [Bird Box] [Born to Record] [For Your Pleasure] [Winter Kitsch] [In the Light] [Basic Struggles] [Grid Studies] [A Dark Lot] [For Cynics] [The Dark Rain] [Bad Dreams] [The Knowing Tree] [Two Creatures] [Hard Rock] [Double Rainbow] [The Odd Village] [Boulevard Christmas] [Christmas Botanicals] [Fixing History] [Fresh Paint] [Concealed Art] [End Beach] [Photoplay] [Mental Clarity] [Mood Boxes] [Obey] [December Skies] [Local Wall Work] [An Odd World] [Gone Now] [Parting Shots]