Here is something you don’t see every day. In the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, a mosaic fence.

One side of a wall of free-form mosaic art, about 6 feet tall, in Seattle, WA.

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Sky, water and sunshine at a Ft. Lauderdale, Florida beach.

Waves break on white sandy beach in South Florida, USA

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The Northwest Flower & Garden Show has ended but the photos of flowers live on. Here are two beauties: a bookcase full of bouquets and a ravishing and exotic protea bloom below. Be sure to scroll down a few photos for several more I posted last week from last year’s show, or just put NWFGS in the search box at right.

Several bouquets in pale tones and shades of turquoise decorate a bookcase at the NWFGS

Thrilling and otherworldly protea blossom in a bouquet at the NWFGS

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At the fabulous Flamingo Gardens in Florida there were many peacocks. I have never seen one doing its display before.

Close up of peacock in full display mode

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I got to go to Florida last week and here is what the beach looked like where I stayed.

Palm trees, blue skies with white clouds, turquoise water, and a white sandy beach with seaweed

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McCaw Hall in Seattle is home to Pacific Northwest Ballet and frequently displays ballet costumes in its light-filled lobby.

This romantic tutu in pale turquoise is on display at McCaw Hall in Seattle, WA

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There’s a lovely Japanese garden at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, WA. In the pond is a brilliantly red (miniature) pagoda.

Scenic red pagoda in the Japanese garden in Pt. Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington

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Seattle is glorious on a sunny April day:

Seattle seen from the soon-to-be-demolished viaduct

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My dear cousin went to Hawaii (and got engaged there!) and has given me permission to share a few scenic photos she took there.

Turquoise water and lava rocks at the Hawaiian shore

Split leaf philodendrons in the wild, with rain-shined leaves

Rainy Hawaiian path through a mass of split leaf philodendrons

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Went to see the fabulous “Sleeping Beauty” ballet at McCaw Hall in Seattle (see it!!) and two costumes for the upcoming “Midsummer Night’s Dream” were displayed in the lobby. I want these wings!

Gossamer fairy wings costume in McCaw Hall in Seattle

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