Palo Alto Weekly  Real Estate - May 11, 2012  Garden tips for
May  Look around and pay attention to what is truly beautiful
by Jack McKinnon  I was sitting on the bench in front of Half
Moon Bay Nursery on a Monday. The nursery was unusually busy for
a weekday. My client hadn't arrived yet for our "walk through,"
and traffic on Highway 92 was trickling by at a medium pace.  I
noticed the fremontodendron in bloom, the roses starting to bud,
the veggies stocked and ready to be planted and the birds
singing somewhere nearby. There was something about just taking
in the beauty that made those few minutes special.  I looked to
my right and in a small bamboo planter was a serene sculpture
surrounded by baby's tears, five-fingered ferns and campanula. I
thought, "I have to write my column this month about this." How
often do I just get to sit and look around me at the beauty at
hand?  All too often I am making a plant list, trying to convey
a design concept, getting a client to understand that water does
not equal