Just a few short weeks ago, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington.

Leaves throw sharp shadows against an old tree trunk

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I don’t usually post this kind of photo, but I’ll make an exception for this one. In Port Townsend, WA, we stayed at a place that was built in the 1890s. This was the corner of the garage or shed on the property. It just floats my boat.

Antique building needing paint, with wooden siding

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Some people say cle-MA-tis, and some people say CLEM-uh-tis. They are all beautiful. My gardener friend Sherry (see hostas below) has a simple pink clematis draping over her fence that is pretty darn wonderful.

Pink clematis with yellow centers along a fence

Macro view of clematis vine with pink flowers and yellow centers

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Here’s another new notecard, a display of purple hyacinths at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle. All ten notecard images are from my book, “Flowers of Volunteer Park Conservatory.”

Deep purple hyacinths bloom at the Volunteer Park Conservatory

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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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Saw these hydrangeas in a florist. Happy Passover, Happy Easter, Happy Spring!

Pink and white, and green hydrangeas are so beautiful for spring gifts

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Peonies always enchant me with their sense of veiled promise, and that perfume. Here’s a macro view of one for my fans of monochrome images:

Many ruffled petals in this close up of a peony blossom

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Another archive photo, but good in any season, a display of colorful African baskets at a farm stand in Skagit Valley, WA.

Colorful striped baskets handmade in Africa for sale in far-away Washington State.

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At the last day before the recent temporary closure to complete the restoration at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory (reopening Dec. 6!), these purple vanda orchids did their amazing thing.

Backlit vanda orchids show an almost plaid pattern at the Volunteer Park Conservatory

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We have some artistic knitters in Burien, Washington. This yarn-covered bike rack (and more, not shown) is what some creative person or persons did to decorate the bike rack at the Burien Community Center recently. Stuff like this really floats my boat.

Colorful yarn-bombing of a bike rack in Burien, WA

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