I love these little yellow balls, craspedia globosa or drumstick flower. The Northwest Flower & Garden #NWFGS show never ceases to delight.

Adorable small yellow ball flowers. You can grow them from seed!

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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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In a friend’s garden, magnificent and simple Japanese anemones. And a bonus shot!

Brilliant yellow-orange centers on ruffly white petals make this a late-summer favorite

Flower buds emerging from the back of a Japanese anemone flower

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Since the streets and sidewalks are quite uneven in San Miguel de Allende (vast understatement!), strollers just don’t cut it.

Baby gazing, in hat with ears, in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Adorable baby in hat and boots with ball in San Miguel de Allende

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Our friends with the beautiful garden (see a different view of the same scene in the post below) have a pool, shiny like glass in the warm, still air the other evening.

Sunset over Puget Sound and a reflecting pool

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The sun came out today, after a long gray spell. Perfect Christmas Day!

Ornaments hang from an indoor Xmas tree while old cedar basks in sun outside

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The NW Flower & Garden Show is coming up in a few weeks here in Seattle at the Convention Center, and my daughter Lila and I will be there at Love That Image‘s booth 2806 with the book, the jewelry, and now prints as well. So exciting! Naturally (besides madly making jewelry pretties) I am taking a look at some past favorite flower photos I have taken there. This one just thrills me. I have no idea what the textured yellow ball flowers are. Anyone?

Calla lily bouquet with mystery yellow ball flowers

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Football lily, or Haemanthus multiflorus, is a new flower for me. I found this in the Wave Hill conservatory, on my recent visit to New York City. I am including the second photo so you can see the fascinating green starburst, spiky bud form as well. The flowers were almost as big as my hand!

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