These delicate fuschia flowers are from Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory, and one of the ten images in my new line of Notecards. All the images on the notecards are from my book, “Flowers of Volunteer Park Conservatory.”

‘Mrs. Lovell Swisher’ fuschia flowers

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From my Florida trip in February, a skyscraper in Miami on a sunny day.

Sky and clouds reflected in glass-walled building in Miami, Florida

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From my trip to Florida not long ago, on a visit to the Bonnet House and gardens.

Rustic thatched roof on a covered bridge

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Here’s another new notecard, a spray of unusual phalaenopsis orchids. All ten notecard images are from my book, “Flowers of Volunteer Park Conservatory.”

Red and magenta orchids with yellow edges and spots at the Volunteer Park Conservatory

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Went to see the renovated Seahurst Park in Burien, WA. This forest scene image doesn’t show the new beach they put in, but you don’t see ferns growing on trees everywhere.

Moss and ferns in a springtime woodland scene in the Pacific Northwest

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Here’s another notecard image. I love this one so much I used it on the cover of my book, “Flowers of Volunteer Park Conservatory.”

Angel’s Trumpet, or Brugmansia. The buds are yellow, the flowers pink. This is the Ecuador Pink variety.

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Yesterday the apple trees began to bloom. I hope there are still apple flowers blooming when the rain stops next week.

Pink and white apple blossoms

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I got a new camera, another little Canon, the PowerShot 120. I don’t know all the features yet, but took it out in my yard. I like it!

Sun beams on a flowering apple tree, a cherry (left) and plum tree. Bluebells and an iris bud are in the foreground.

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I’m excited to announce a brand-new line of inexpensive square Notecards, made with images from my book, “Flowers of Volunteer Park Conservatory.” So many people have asked for them! Please see the Notecards page on this site for all ten images. Thank you for looking!

White florist Cyclamen has graceful shapes, against a black background

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These plants are called green onions on the West coast, and scallions on the East coast, where I grew up. They grow well in my Seattle garden, coming back and multiplying each year so nicely.

Scallion flowers begin to bloom in my garden

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