Got back recently from a trip to San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. My sister had a big party. There were dancers! Have you ever seen costumes anything like this?

Indigenous Aztec dancers perform at the Instituto Allende in San Miguel

Here is a short clip of them in action

Enjoy!

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This year’s Northwest Flower & Garden Show in Seattle is now a Festival, not a Show. Not sure if their hashtag #NWFGS is still a thing.

Here’s a magnificent Oriental lily, complete with pollen-laden anthers.

Sometimes florists remove the pollen-heavy anthers because they do stain clothing. But I prefer them with a natural look.

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I know flamingos are supposed to be pink, but the ones I saw in Florida a couple of years ago seemed maybe more orange. Posting just for fun on this gray Seattle day.

Brightly colored flamingos at bird sanctuary in Florida

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You don’t often see a bouquet of orchids. That was a very fine year for bouquets at the NW Flower & Garden Show in 2012.

Lime green orchids with red and yellow throats, in a bouquet at #NWFGS

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One of my favorite images from the NW Flower & Garden Show (#NWFGS) is this bouquet of deep red and yellow callas, with some kind of ball flower inserted into each one. Over a cloud of pale green hydrangeas, naturally.

This just in! These ball flowers are Craspedia (Drumstick Flower)! You can buy seeds!

Red and yellow callas with mystery yellow ball flower, in a bouquet

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Hope you are not tired of flowers from the archives of my visits to the Northwest Flower & Garden show, held every February in Seattle. This stunning bouquet is from 2012.

Cascading arrangement of orchids, roses and other tropical flowers at #NWFGS

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Ah, the Northwest Flower & Garden Show. The bouquets are so ephemeral, but the photos give us pleasure endlessly. #NWFGS

Apricot roses and spotted orchids bouquet at the February flower show in Seattle

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Always fun to look through the archives from the Northwest Flower & Garden Show, coming up in Seattle in February.

Pink and red tulips bloomed at the #NWFGS

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I’m getting excited about the Northwest Flower & Garden Show #NWFGS just around the corner!

Brilliantly colored bouquet of roses and tropical flowers

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The elevated viaduct in Seattle is slated to come down later this year. The views we will miss are not only of the water.

Pipes and steam and a strip of blue sky, from Seattle’s viaduct.

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