At the recent Paper Dresses show at the Bellevue Arts Museum, photos weren’t allowed of the incredible creations. But could I help it if a photo of their reflecting pool out the window showed some of the magnificent display as well as the buildings of downtown Bellevue, WA?

Paper dresses reflected in the window of the Bellevue Arts Museum, WA

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A flower vendor near the Pike Place Market in Seattle was still selling flowers at night on this January day. These Alstroemeria or Peruvian Lilies hold up so well as cut flowers, that for all I know they might have been actually grown in Peru.

Alstroemeria, or Peruvian Lily, blooming in a bouquet on a Seattle sidewalk

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While I was in the Seattle Art Museum the other day I took this photo of an empty room I’d never seen. I hope that was OK. Pressed for time, I didn’t get to read anything about it. A recreation of a European room, perhaps from the Renaissance? What a lovely feeling it gave me.

Old room in the Seattle Art Museum

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I am embarrassed to admit that in the ten years I have lived in the Seattle area, yesterday was my first visit to the Bellevue Arts Museum. Beautiful place! They permitted photography on the first floor, and I was totally entranced with this life-size cast glass sculpture. I am including a full image of it, plus the information posted on the museum wall about it.

Detail of the cast glass sculpture Odoriko by Karen LaMonte, in the Bellevue Arts Museum

Life size glass sculpture of a kimono

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Walking with friends in Seattle’s Volunteer Park yesterday:

Winter sun begins to set over roadway in Volunteer Park in Seattle

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I love this image. I don’t really know why, but I do. Hope you at least like it, too.

Beige armchair in late afternoon light, near an elevator

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Even fake flowers can look good when the light is nice. These white anthurium flowers were a pretty holiday display at the Normandy Park Cove Holiday Bazaar yesterday.

Fake white anthurium flowers in late afternoon winter light

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Finally got to get outside today. Super cold, but sunny. Here are some trees and sky and brick buildings with windows reflected in windows of brick buildings, looking fine in Seattle.

Bare branches and sunshine reflected in Seattle brick building windows

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I was looking for something red to post and found this image from a county fair this summer. Totally straight out of the camera and just for you:

A red horse blanket, under a beautiful saddle and on a beautiful horse

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Couldn’t resist a little food abundance photo: five pies! Marionberry, strawberry-rhubarb, peach, pecan, and coconut cream pie. Boy oh boy.

Five pies adorn a Thanksgiving table. We are grateful!

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