Really, this post is about the shadows more than the dried hydrangea flowers. But I am proud of the flowers, as I grew and dried them myself.

Dried blue hydrangeas cast shadows in winter sunlight

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A recent visit to Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory was a sun and shadow symphony

Sun and shadows decorate some barrel cactus and gray-green succulent spikes at Seattle’s Capitol Hill Conservatory

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In a commercial building that is not fully leased, I saw the light pour in. It gave me a good feeling.

Late afternoon light pours into this commercial space needing a tenant

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Seattle’s beloved Volunteer Park Conservatory was looking fine today. The sun was out and the light on the orchids was just spectacular. Below the lady slipper orchid macro, check out the pretty metalwork and Clise Orchid Collection from 1921 sign decorating the display.

Brightly colored lady slipper orchids on display at the Volunteer Park Conservatory

Graceful metalwork at the Clise Orchid Collection in the Conservatory

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Maidenhair fern is the signature plant of Seattle’s beloved Volunteer Park Conservatory. This photo is one of my all-time faves (so soothing!), and is available as a print for your home or office, one of 15 lush images from my book, Flowers of Volunteer Park Conservatory: Blooming Month by Month. They have no watermark, of course. All are 8″ x 10″ archival quality photo prints and I’ve firmly matted them in white to 11 x 14″ and signed each one. You can check them all out and order here or by clicking on the Prints tab above.

Maidenhair ferns massed in a display at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory

This tender yellow cactus flower (original flower is a few inches across) is available as a print for your home or office, one of 15 stunning images from my book, Flowers of Volunteer Park Conservatory: Blooming Month by Month. They have no watermark, of course. All are 8″ x 10″ archival quality photo prints and I’ve firmly matted them in white to 11 x 14″ and signed each one. You can check them all out and order here or by clicking on the Prints tab above.

Delicate yellow petals of the cactus flower contrast with its massive spiny posts

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I got some little crocus bulbs in a pot and they have begun to bloom. The sun peeked out today, finally, and I grabbed my camera.

Little purple crocus flower with an orange center blooms on my kitchen table

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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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