Monday in Seattle. Picture and Quote for the Week, Violets First Bloom

first bloom of our violets just beginning, our garden at Greenlake, Seattle, Feb 7, 2011

I smelt the violets in her hand and asked, half in words,

half in signs, a question which meant

"Is love the sweetness of flowers?"

~Helen Keller

Monday in Seattle. Picture and Quote for the Week, First Snowfall

first snow, Nov 22, 2010, our garden at Greenlake, Seattle

Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go;

it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.”

~Alice M. Swaim

Monday in Seattle. Picture and Quote for the Week, Leo's Dahlia

Leo's dahlia, our garden at Greenlake, Seattle

Should I pluck it,

My hands

Would defile the flower;

I offer it, as it stands,

To the Buddhas of the Three Worlds.

- Empress Komyo, Japan

Monday in Seattle. Picture and Quote for the Week, Wild Purple Flowers

wild flowers, our garden, Greenlake, Seattle

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Monday in Seattle. Picture and Quote for the Week, Rainy Fall Color Inspiration

rainy day fall color inspiration, the alley behind our house at Greenlake, Seattle

The best kind of rain, of course, is a cozy rain.  This is the kind the anonymous medieval poet makes me remember, the rain that falls on a day when you'd just as soon stay in bed a little longer, write letters or read a good book by the fire, take early tea with hot scones and jam and look out the streaked window with complacency.

~Susan Allen Toth

Monday in Seattle. Picture and Quote for the Week. Yellow Leaves, Greenlake, Seattle

yellow maple leaves, Greenlake, Seattle

That time of year thou mayst in me behold

When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang

Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,

Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.

~William Shakespeare

Greenlake Daisies Adjustable Ring Featured in Spring Collection

A big thank you to the folks at ShinyGoLucky, an Etsy shop selling vintage items, for featuring my Greenlake Daisies ring in their first: We Want It Wednesday! - Collection 1, Spring Cheer!

Head on over for some Spring Cheer!

My Greenlake Daisies ring is available here, at Bumbershoot Designs.