A scene at the Flamingo Gardens in Florida.

Statue of the Buddha holding cactus and a frangipani blossom

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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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One of my all-time fave cloudscapes.

Layers of orangey-pink and white clouds in the Florida sky at dusk

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A fancy dress store on Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale’s answer to Beverly Hills. In color, and black and white. Your preference?

Flounced, feathered, jeweled and gathered white dresses by Zola Keller in a Las Olas shop window

Fancy dresses for a ball

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This structure is enormous and the statues are over life size. Beautiful way to keep the waters calm, at Vizcaya in South Florida.

Statues and coral rock adorn the breakwater at Vizcaya

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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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Happy Valentine’s Day! Here is something you don’t see every day. This little trailer and its interior was on display at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show and was shown by Sisters on the Fly, back in the vintage area. You could die from this much cute.

Darling interior of small trailer, in vintage red and white

Here’s the outside, too. People were lining up.

Sisters on the Fly trailer was a huge hit at the NWFGS

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A break from the Florida pictures to bring you something from today’s visit to the Northwest Flower & Garden Show. Isn’t this something?

A rainbow of flowers arranged in a golden frame

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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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Hellebores are so welcome in winter. Their simplicity is so lovely, even from the back.

White hellebore with a slight blush of pink blooms in Seattle in late January

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