The Red Bluff Notebooks

 

Gardening and Nature Studies

Photographs of 
Our Home and Gardens
Various Comparisons between 1998 and 2003

Karen and Michael Garofalo
Red Bluff, Tehama County, North Sacramento Valley, California

 

 

 



Looking West 
North Property Line and Driveway of Our Home
May 1998

 

Looking West
North Property Line and Driveway of Our Home
June 2003
Karen Garofalo
Added: bottlebrush, eucalyptus, 
cottonwood, willow, and cypress.

 

 

 

 

 



Looking Southwest
Northeast Side of Our Home
July 1999
Mike Garofalo

 

Looking Southwest
Northeast Side of Our Home
June 2003
Karen Garofalo
Added: Fence, grape, holly, cypress,
Rose of Sharon, rosemary, roses 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking Southeast 
Front Yard of Our Home
May 1998

 

Looking Southeast 
Front Yard of Our Home
July 2000
Mike Garofalo
Added: Oaks, Liquid Amber.
fences.

 

Looking Southeast
Front Yard of Our Home
June 2003
Karen Garofalo
Added: oaks, liquid amber, 
willows, water lines, 
firewood storage, fences.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking Southeast 
West-Back Side of Our Home
January 1998
Mike Garofalo

 

Looking Southeast 
West-Back Side of Our Home
July 2000
Mike Garofalo
Added: expanded fencing, 
grapes, pittsphorum, tulip tree,
pecan trees, corkscrew willow<
cottonwoods.

Looking Southeast
Front Yard of Our Home
June 2003
Mike Garofalo

 

 

 

 

 

 



Looking South
Back Yard of Our Home
May 1998

 

Looking South
Back Yard of Our Home
June 2003
Mike Garofalo
Added: roses, grapes, redwood, 
pittsphorum, willow, cypress, 
cottonwood, new fence.

 

 

 

 

 



Looking South
Back Porch Our Home
May 1998

 

Karen Garofalo
August 2005
Screened Back Porch of Our Home
Looking South

 

 

 

 

 



Looking East
West-Back Side Our Home
May 1998

 

Looking East
West-Back Side of Our Home
July 2003
Mike Garofalo

 

 

 

 

 



Looking West
Back Yard of Our Home
May 1998

 

Looking West
Back Yard of Our Home
June 2003
Added: arbor, fenced vegetable garden, 
grapes, cypress,  butterfly bush, fruit trees, 
bay, crape myrtle..

 

 

 

 

 



Looking West
Vegetable Garden
May 2000
Mike Garofalo

 

Looking West
Vegetable Garden
June 2003
Karen Garofalo
Added: fence, pathways, 
small arbor.

 

 

 

 

 



Looking Northwest
Teahouse by the Pond
June 2000
Mike Garofalo

 

Looking Northwest
Teahouse by the Pond
July 2003
Karen Garofalo

 

 

 

 

 



Looking South
Teahouse by the Pond
July 2000

 

Looking South
Teahouse by the Pond
June 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 



Looking East from Our Home
January 2001

 

Looking West from Our Home
January 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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