There was a special music event, Lush Sounds Vol. I, at the Volunteer Park Conservatory last evening. Magical outside and inside!

Sunlight peeking through the Bromeliad House at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory

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A delightful nursery, new to me, in Issaquah, WA. Don’t we all need more hanging baskets?

Just a few of the hanging baskets at Squak Mountain nursery

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I’ve never seen these clouds in this area (Seattle). I believe they are called mammatus. Yes, there were thunderstorms later.

Mammatus cloud forms

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Before yesterday’s thunderstorms (not too common in the Seattle area), the clouds were getting ready.

Frilly, feathery clouds advance ahead of a big storm front

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This is one of those images I don’t really have a title for, and don’t really know why I love it, but I keep wanting to look at it, so there might be something there for you, too.

Scene with plantings, and a bench

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Can you see the mallard ducks in front of the Bromeliad House at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory?

A mallard duck pair in the spring flowers in front of the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle

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Spring is bursting forth, and the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle has their game on. Bonus photo below.

A bit of blue sky makes the daffodil plantings look even better

Tiny true flower peeks out from mauve hydrangea blossom

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The same talented friend with the flowery deck (see 2 posts just below) also quilts. If only one photo is showing, click on Sara’s Fave Photos Blog above to see a few more.

Crazy quilt colorfully decorates a bed with black wrought iron

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Here are only a couple of the dozens and dozens of cranes decorating the Seattle, WA skyline at dusk recently.

The iconic Seattle Space Needle, seen with cranes from Denny Ave., with Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains in the distance.

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We have a huge cedar tree in out backyard. Here it is in the heavy, wet snow that fell, before it all started to melt. Bonus image below: our front yard. You can see that there is even snow accumulated on the power lines, but it was already starting to fall off.

Heavy snow decorated this 300-year old cedar tree

Snow briefly covered everything, even the power lines

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