...my grandmother's locket cameo, rediscovered this past weekend... I have only to take down this or that to flood my soul with memori...

1920's -1930's Art Deco medals of achievement, from my personal collection Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live th...

WWII post cards to support the troops, from 1942 In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill. ~W...

wild roses, near the beach at Carkeek Park, Seattle Oh, no man knows Through what wild centuries Roves back the rose. ~Walter De La Mare

wildflower with insects, Discovery Park, Seattle I love to smell flowers in the dark ... You get hold of their soul then. ~Lucy Maud Montg...

May opened up her basket, And I looked in to see A sky of blue, The great sun too, Both smiling out at me. May opened up her basket, And o...

Vintage glass teardrop cabochons and rhinestones, 1950's to 1960's, my studio at Greenlake, Seattle Art is unquestionably one of t...

Sun through maple leaves at the Japanese Garden, Seattle  i thank You God for most this amazing day:for the leaping greenly spirits of tr...

Emma's tulips, from our garden at Greenlake, Seattle Spring, thy name is color. ~Libbie Fudim

red bridge over waterfall, Kubota Gardens, Seattle At the ancient pond a frog plunges into the sound of water ~Basho

Drummers at the Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival, Seattle Center Live in simple faith... Just as this simple cherry Flower, fades and fall...

Al's plum blossoms, across the street from our house at Greenlake, Seattle It is at the edge of a petal that love waits. ~William Ca...

pink camellias, our garden at Greenlake, Seattle Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ~Hans Ch...

tulips at the Pike Place Market, Seattle Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. ~Rainer Maria Rilke

Eric's and Sharon's wind up toys, kept within reach on our desks Teach us delight in simple things. ~ Rudyard Kipling

snowdrops, Discovery Park, Seattle Lone flower, hemmed in with snows and white as they But hardier far, once more I see thee bend Thy fore...

Goldfinch, Washington's State Bird. Rendered as an original art pin cushion, displaying my vintage hat pins. Beautiful art by Tracie Ly...

dance as though no one is watching love as though you have never been hurt before sing as though no one can hear you live as though hea...

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 i...

very first blossoms appearing at Discovery Park, Seattle, Jan 31, 2011 Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock'd in the cr...