Browsing through my archives, I found this photo I took of a bird. I think it’s a parrot!

Beautiful little yellow and red seed-eating bird perches outdoors on a friend’s finger

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This magnificent staircase lives at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. The Seattle Chapter of the Graphic Artists Guild had a meetup there the other evening. It was foggy and quiet out and the museum was a perfect place to relax and marvel at human artistry. I love this image and am calling it my Best Post of the Week.

Art Deco staircase at the Asian Art Museum in Seattle

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At the Grant County Fair in central Washington we saw this damsel fly perched on a vendor booth. It was about 2 inches or 5cm across. I don’t usually like photos of insects but I’ll make an exception for this one.

Delicate damsel fly perches and rests in Moses Lake, Washington

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This variegated hosta leaf is just so voluptuous in its curves and folds, don’t you think? Love the seersucker effect. Taken recently at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory.

Wrinkled, variegated large hosta leaf collects a bit of water

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At dinner out last night, the very late afternoon light was truly golden. A still life with shadows.

Ready for dinner in the summer evening in Seattle

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At that artwalk event the other day in downtown Burien (sometimes called B-tpwn), Washington, we were pleased to meet the grafitti artist “Sneke” who posed in front of the mural he helped create. So cool! Please scroll down a few posts if you’d like to see the eyelashes on the VW headlamps we saw that evening.

The artist “Sneke” front of the figure he created, in Burien, WA

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Our local town, Burien, WA, has a new artwalk on the first Thursday. Don’t you just love these fabulous car eyelashes on the shiny red car we saw while strolling around?

Eyelashes decorate a red VW beetle at a Burien WA artwalk

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At a lawn party for a neighbor’s one-year-old, the cuteness quotient was off the charts. Don’t you want a pair of shoes like this in your size?

Soft silver leather and a rose “for pretty” make this the perfect ballet shoe, baby size

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I’m excited about being in the Alki Art Fair tomorrow, West Seattle’s great music and crafts event on the beach. It runs all weekend, but I will be there in Booth 19 just on Saturday, 10 to 6pm. The music goes to 9pm. It’s going to be warm and beautiful, so be sure to wear a hat and come on by. I’ll have lots of new designs of the sparkling Glass Tile Jewelry (sorry, jewelry not available online yet) that my daughter Lila and I make from the pages of my book, “Flowers of Volunteer Park Conservatory.”

The story of the jewelry: We were at a craft fair selling my books as a holiday gift item. Daughter Lila noticed all the traffic at jewelry booths nearby and said we could make jewelry from one of my books we had with a damaged cover. Me: “Excuse me???” Lila: “I saw it on Pinterest.” Next thing I know, we are in the jewelry business.

Glass Tile Jewelry pansy necklace with heavily plated silver finding on silky black cord

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I was at a local dance venue, CC’s Lounge in Burien, WA, and the wonderful evening slanted light rays were coming in the front window. Isn’t this mysterious looking?

Houseplants on a sunny windowsill, with shadows

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