Did you know that 2012 is the 50th anniversary of the World Fair in Seattle? To see images from that era as well as other vintage images ...

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

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

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...

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

bare trees and view of the snowy Olympic Mountains from Discovery Park, Seattle In the depths of winter I finally learned that within me th...

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 Bu...

rainy day fall color inspiration, the alley behind our house at Greenlake, Seattle The best kind of rain, of course, is a cozy rain.  Thi...

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 ...

...reading amidst the autumn leaves, Japanese Garden, Seattle... Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I wo...

autumn leaves, Discovery Park, Seattle Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~Albert Camus

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...

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

Where are you going to be tonight?  Tonight, tomorrow and Saturday nights, we are going to be in Whoville and in other parts of the wonder...

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

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...

Nestled in with the nature collection, hand crocheted flowers, bits of beautiful glass, is a very, very big needle. Easy to locate, I use t...