wrote 2 weeks ago: Double tulip “A journey, after all, neither begins in the instant we set out, nor ends when we … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Looking down the sidewalk in front of my house this morning I carried my camera with me as I ran som … more →
wrote 1 month ago: “The word APRIL comes from the Latin root, aperi’re, “to open. ” . . . Buds … more →
wrote 1 month ago: “Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.” – Carl Sandburg White hyacint … more →
wrote 1 month ago: It’s cherry blossom viewing time on the UW campus, Seattle. Sunshine + cherry blossoms = sprin … more →
wrote 1 month ago: The Pacific madrone I have a memory of acid-green tree bark. Two years ago, while a passenger in a c … more →
wrote 1 month ago: These are called Star magnolias. Watercolor sketch of star magnolia blossom and bud … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Last week the Yoshino cherry trees on the UW campus were just starting to bud “There is someth … more →
wrote 1 month ago: “Nature is infinitely patient, one thing lives after another has given way; the magnolia … more →
wrote 1 month ago: “Blossom by blossom, the Spring begins.” – Algernon Charles Swinburne Purple Leaf … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Skagit Valley daffodil field Washington’s Skagit Valley is well known for its tulip fields and … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Bed of blooming hellebores, Jello Mold Farm There was one flower that was blooming in profusion at J … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Jello mold with rabbit While I was out driving in the country north of Seattle, I stopped by Jello M … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Mini-daffodils “Fair daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soone; As yet the early risin … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Spring’s greening Metamorphosis by May Sarton Always it happens when we are not there – … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Ivy vine creeping up a tree trunk Ivy and moss. I like the hearts formed by this leaf’s veins. … more →
wrote 2 months ago: “Bark is a subtle, supple substance, easily overlooked. It can be thought of as the tree … more →
wrote 2 months ago: “Rain-washed camellia — as it falls, showers.” from On Love and Barley: Haiku of B … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Spring crocuses “It is important that I write something down every day . . . It doesn’t … more →