At my layover recently in Milwaukee, WI.

Sunlit plane in the sky at the Milwaukee airport

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I was at a concert by the Stamford Symphony Orchestra at the Palace Theater. The ceiling!! The chandelier was huge, perhaps eight feet across. I love old buildings and architecture.

Magnificent old ceiling with gold, crystal and softly lit arches in the Palace Theater in Stamford, CT

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My sister Jo Sanders is travelling in India. Here is her blog post about the Taj Mahal, with much about its shimmery effect and its extraordinary architecture.

Dawn view of the Taj Mahal

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Found these huge bouquets of roses on a corner in Manhattan on the upper East side for $10, cash only. They even smelled good!

Many colors of fresh roses in bouquets for sale

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The Cloisters museum and gardens, the branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe, is in New York City. I was lucky enough to visit on a perfectly still and warm November afternoon. This area is a garden devoted to medicinal plants and herbs used in medieval times.

Cloister arcades border this garden with trees and herbs used medicinally in the Middle Ages

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Not from this year’s garden, but it’s always good to see a rose in the rain, isn’t it?

Full blown Peace rose, with raindrops

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A Seattle band with a big band sound, the Kings of Swing, plays at a senior center in Kent, WA every month for a practice venue. Great dance music!

Dancers enjoy the big band sound of the Seattle Kings of Swing

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The weather has gotten too cold for this brugmansia (Angel’s Trumpet) plant to stay on the patio, so into the living room it has come until the warm weather returns. Every night the scent perfumes the entire house.

Golden yellow-orange blossoms of brugmansia or Angel’s Trumpet blooming indoors

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Here’s a closeup of the flower in the post below. I really love this image and I am calling it my Best Post of the Week.

Curving petals of a yellow dahlia flower

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I recently gave away some extra garden plants I had, and a neighbor who picked some up brought a bouquet of dahlias from her garden as a thank you. I have heard of dahlias called dinner-plate size, but thought that was poetic license. This is for real. Here is her bouquet on my kitchen table, with a regular box of tissues there for scale.

Bouquet of lemon yellow dahlias, each flower about ten inches across

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