Lisa and Hosta montana 'Aureo Marginata' 4 April 2026

 

My daily obligation consists in my getting out of bed around 7:30 and going downstairs to feed my cats Niño and Niña. I make my breakfast and bring it up in a tray. Rosemary and I had breakfast in bed for 25 years with our paper NY Times and Vancouver Sun. Now I share that moment with my two cats. With no reason to get out of bed I might linger until 10:30. On sunny days I do some gardening and I prune my roses. If still sunny I might go in my bike to Jericho Beach.

My financially smart Rosemary arranged so that I never have to worry about my finances.

In the afternoon I might write one or two blogs and in plant season I will scan some of my plants. But there is nothing more for me to do. Some days (most) the phone never rings and I do see people when I shop at Safeway.

How might escape my existential angst?

One way is to fiddle in my oficina and going through my extensive files. Today, Easter Saturday I cut a leaf of my newly acquired Hosta montana ‘Aureo Marginata’ and scanned it with my portrait of Lisa Montonen with that plant. I wrote about this hosta recently here. It was a surprise to find this classic hosta.

You can now have a look at my two versions of fiddling.

Lisa was one of the most beautiful woman I ever photographed. I first met her at a beauty contest at the Drake Hotel in the 80s. She was crying as she had not even been considered. I told her that the women who had won were all very pretty but the judges could not cope with her beauty.

She married a plastic surgeon and moved to LA right after her body had been ruined by him.