Seattle’s Volunteer Park was the site of an amazing group of over 30 light art installations, A Night to Awaken, by Lusio.

Illumination art near the dahlia garden in Volunteer Park

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The town of Sequim (pronounced skwim!), WA has a lavender festival every year. They also have some wonderful street art.

Standup street art of a man and a girl, and ice cream, with reflections

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She’s a little tattered, but she’s up there, and we love her, above all others. Happy Fourth of July!

The American Flag, in red, white and blue

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A year ago I was on my way to Bermuda from NYC.

Light and shadow on the Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship stairs

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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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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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At the recent NW Flower & Garden Show in Seattle, one display area had some incredible “cakes” decorated with flowers. I loved the colors on this one.

Dusk outside, display cake inside, decorated with a cactus-flower motif at #NWFGS

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Saw this big Success sign on the wall at a retirement community. Good advice for any age.

Follow the steps to success…

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At my brother’s house at sunset, a bird feeding against a wintery sky.

A bird in silhouette behind a mesh curtain, at sunset

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Our typical Seattle endless gray wintertime weather is kind of getting to me. I need brightness and color. Here are some painted boxes from my trip to Mexico in March.

Brilliantly colorful painted boxes for sale in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

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