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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These darling checkered tulips (not really, but that’s what they’re sometimes called) were enjoying a beam of sunlight at the recent NW Flower & Garden Show in Seattle, WA. #NWFGS

Fritillaria, or checkered tulip, can be seen in antique still-life paintings, and is easily grown in Pacific NW

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Aren’t these luscious? Blooming right now at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory.

Delicate pink begonias with yellow centered, with water droplets

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Helebore blossoms look so pretty floating in a bowl.

Close up of hellebore flowers from my garden

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The NW Flower & Garden Show here in Seattle doesn’t start for a couple of weeks yet, but my archives have bouquets to whet our appetite.

Lavender roses and other florals in this stunner of a bouquet at the 2013 NWFGS

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This deep pink azalea with white edges was blooming at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle.

Double pink azalea with white edges blooms in the Volunteer Park Conservatory

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Pretty orchids blooming at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in January.

Spotted orchids with white edges in front and purple Vanda orchids in back

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A small display of orchids blooming in May, from the magnificent Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania near Philadelphia.

Orchids and ferns adorn a wall at Longwood Gardens

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The fabulous Longwood Gardens outside of Philadelphia PA has a remarkable interior space with walls of ferns.

Walls of ferns inside at Longwood Gardens

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The positive part of air travel:

View of Philadelphia from the air

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