tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post3841661815559328046..comments2024-03-28T13:18:03.669-07:00Comments on Succulents and More™: Agaves and opuntias in UC Davis ceramics graveyardGerhard Bock (Succulents and More)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-53481902743967819782017-02-07T15:58:41.657-08:002017-02-07T15:58:41.657-08:00Nice find! Time to enroll in a ceramics class to g...Nice find! Time to enroll in a ceramics class to get the full story...Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13393082652312828458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-15641628574249432622017-02-07T12:52:13.363-08:002017-02-07T12:52:13.363-08:00Denise, you're the queen of chance discoveries...Denise, you're the queen of chance discoveries in my book :-). Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-61447043808171890312017-02-07T12:51:06.245-08:002017-02-07T12:51:06.245-08:00I was wondering that, too. If they're castoffs...I was wondering that, too. If they're castoffs, they should let me know. I'd be happy to take a few off their hands :-).Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-18615593776323876712017-02-07T12:50:34.557-08:002017-02-07T12:50:34.557-08:00Heather spotted that opuntia first. It's becom...Heather spotted that opuntia first. It's become one with the fence. Neither one can be removed now without the other.Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-4976594620987678972017-02-07T12:49:29.291-08:002017-02-07T12:49:29.291-08:00I'm not sure what the fate of these ceramics i...I'm not sure what the fate of these ceramics is. I'll see what I can find.Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-2106604934112196062017-02-07T08:33:22.581-08:002017-02-07T08:33:22.581-08:00I find that plants take me to all sorts of interes...I find that plants take me to all sorts of interesting places too. What an intriguing ceramicist. And I wish there were still cheap war surplus buildings like that around!Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048985060349929026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-60367594981911542452017-02-07T04:48:00.345-08:002017-02-07T04:48:00.345-08:00Nice ceramic sculptures, interesting and tasteful ...Nice ceramic sculptures, interesting and tasteful lot! I wonder if they are cast offs?Mark and Gazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427245730390252976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-28306958431172566302017-02-06T22:30:40.153-08:002017-02-06T22:30:40.153-08:00Well that's just fabulous, great find Gerhard!...Well that's just fabulous, great find Gerhard! Love the agaves, of course, but that opuntia...ha! All of this benifetted from your artistic eye behind the camera...well done!danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-7238275201459942842017-02-06T20:05:10.568-08:002017-02-06T20:05:10.568-08:00I like that upside down head pot (5th photo). I h...I like that upside down head pot (5th photo). I hate to think that it's been left there to disintegrate, even if it does appear to have quite a few cracks. I wonder what other treasures the university has hidden in corners of the campus?Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-76523196213048668172017-02-06T18:29:13.767-08:002017-02-06T18:29:13.767-08:00Yep, that's how it goes. And yet art benefits ...Yep, that's how it goes. And yet art benefits so many. I bet those egghead statues are among the most photographed attractions on the UC Davis campus. And they were made in that lowly temporary building.Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-79210771912565961762017-02-06T18:28:04.744-08:002017-02-06T18:28:04.744-08:00I thought so! I'm wondering if those ceramics ...I thought so! I'm wondering if those ceramics are for sale? I'd love a few for my own garden.Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-74967887068920648912017-02-06T16:48:50.949-08:002017-02-06T16:48:50.949-08:00Highly amusing!Highly amusing!Jane Stronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05016381279699618539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-3272161931359986852017-02-06T15:47:57.492-08:002017-02-06T15:47:57.492-08:00Isn't it cool what a camera and gardening lead...Isn't it cool what a camera and gardening leads you to find? And in your own neighborhood. <br /><br />My high school art class was held in a very beat-up WWII surplus quonset hut. Art classes get the leftover spaces--it is the football team that gets the new stuff. Hoover Boohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03083294821646284424noreply@blogger.com