Our labour pays off sometimes..
The rhodies are blooming
Azaleas too, hot pink, red, and yellow..
Chartreuse sets it off, the euphorbia.
Close up of the large rhododendron
Happy springtime!
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Tulip Fields in the Skagit Valley Today
They're freshly opened.
And early compared to past 2 years.
More colors at Tuliptown.
But didn't want to pay to park and walk.
5.4.14
3.4.14
Skagit Valley Yesterday
Was considering the large spirit house....
For myself,
But bought gifts instead..
Can't have everything, where would you put it?
Had good prawns and fish here while watching sea lions in the Skagit River..
To look at the retail space for possible biz location .
Inspection pending, by someone else. :(
2.4.14
Daffodil Fields Today, Skagit Valley
Mt Baker is in back of the center of the field.
It's a stratus volcano.
Covered in ice....
Today thousands of snow geese.
And a blue heron, flying...
Many fields of daffodils.
This amazing willow...
Beautiful day.
One field of tulips opening...
31.3.14
Suzani's and Rugs
Been hanging suzani's lately, weather has been great for indoor activities!
March we have had 9" of rain!
If it doesn't stop soon, we'll be repainting, instead of gardening!
This one is silk on cotton and it's from Samarkand.
It's called melon sprouts
It sports the sun disks which date to pre-Islamic.
And has elements of the melon vines and sprouts.
This suzani is silk on cotton adras
And it has pommegranite tree motif with bird, butterfly,
And fish. The bright blue in suzani isn't showing in this light.
This one is Bukhara.
The rug is Qashgai
My favorite from Shiraz region
Natural madder and indigo with some chemical dyes
Amazing talent working with new colors this way.
This one is Shiraz
Motifs are birds
Dyes are natural
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