vintage 1960's West German transparent glass rainbow teardrop jewels on watercolor paper Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of s...

...windswept pines on the Pacific coast... The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

daisies and driftwood, Discovery Park, Seattle Over the shoulders and slopes of the dune I saw the white daisies go down to the sea, A hos...

International Fountain, Seattle Center celebrating the arrival of summer in Seattle, finally :) Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me...

crocheted scarf, glorious Noro yarn paired with vintage Japanese crystal beads, shaped like little fir trees In our life there is a singl...

(sunflower with bee, our garden) Bring me the sunflower crazed with the love of light. ~Eugenio Montale

...beach at Seaside,Oregon... In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth....

...sunset at the Oregon coast... The setting sun, and music at the close, As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last, Writ in remembran...

wisteria, Japanese Garden, Seattle Perhaps it is possible to be gentle no matter what, to seek not restraint but surrender entirely, to tur...

All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time p...

poppy, from our garden When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. ~Georgia O'Ke eff...

Officially called "Sheer Bliss", but known at our house as Emma's Rose, in our garden I know a bank where the wild thyme b...

Car crushing Fremont Troll, who lives under the highway in Fremont, Center of the Universe, Seattle You will hear more about this troll, l...

(approaching Steven's Pass, east of Seattle) Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So... get on your way. ~Dr. Seuss, Oh the Pl...

(replica of La Nina, Columbus' ship, on Lake Union) The crew of the caravel "Nina" also saw signs of land, and a small branc...

(Skagit Valley tulips) And tulips, children love to stretch Their fingers down, to feel in each Its beauty’s secret nearer. ~E. B. Brownin...

(white camelia, Japanese Garden) It is at the edge of a petal that love waits. ~ William Carlos Williams

(view of downtown Seattle from a point near Alki beach, the original landing and settlement site) This City is what it is because our cit...

(spectacular bird, Woodland Park Zoo) Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all t...

("For Children Only", Woodland Park) The world is a playground and life is pushing my swing. ~Natalie Kocsis