22.3.09
Swans in The Skagit Valley
You have to enlarge these to see them, not great, anyway, but encouraging if you have a desire to go to see them..
My best attempt to photograph illusive swans in the Skagit Valley with a wimpy camera...
Guess whose coming to dinner?
Friends are coming to dinner
I don't get it, but my whole house is slowly turning R E D.
It's warm, and sensual, and a color that lately I gravitate to , more and more.. I have walls to paint and hmm, will I paint them reds.. May be!
Prior I only used reds in accents, rugs, and a few items in a room for a punch, but lately, wow, I love red!
Who'd have guessed?
Ok, I found the tablecloth; candles, votives, and oil lamps,
All I need now is a Japanese restaurant that delivers bento boxes..
you don't think I'm gonna do sushi myself do you?
I have 2 more tables to decorate, and I bet tulips will be available for flowers...today
Which Kimono should I wear?
I have a black Obi, maybe I'll wear the pale yellow Kimono with tye dye (shibori look)...
Think I should wear a black wig and paint my face white?
That may be going too far!
So, will I remember to take pictures?
Probably not...only so many things a girl can do during a dinner party.
I'll have three tables, all different in 2 rooms.
These parties are always fun...dinner is tonight...
I'm celebrating....life, because...
With all it's tragedies, and pain, suffering and misery,
as well as disappointments, still, ALL of it, is exquisite.
I'm grateful I have been given life.
_()_
Grateful for all of us.
If only we'd learn to let go of what we think we don't have, and see what we do have.
20.3.09
Close up of Kimono, and an oil lamp from Vietnam
A close up of the Kimono on a post below, but it still doesn't give it it's due, it is so beautiful.
The oil lamp was purchased from (Capitol Hill) a small locally owned shop that sells rugs, and jewelry, and blankets from many countries. It was a gift.
The kimono, I purchased myself.
19.3.09
Christiansons Nursery, LaConner, WA
If you live near Seattle, be sure to go north to see The swans, and remember; coming soon are the snow geese, and daffodils, and then the tulip festival.
It is all too amazing to pass up.
This is one of the place I go when I visit LaConner, Christiansons Nursery.
I'd like to work here instead of for Corp America.
(pulls hair out)
I actually have a background in plants (among other things)
and I enjoy the earthy smell of, well, yeah, earth! lol..and the plants themselves give off many aromas.
The colors are so unbelieveable.
Be sure to stop at Snow Goose Produce, and get a huge 3.00 ice cream cone, and I recommend their wild flower honey,, umm..
Parakeet
Orchids
Gardenia, this lives in my bathroom now..
Green Pots
Ferns
and
Fountains
Exotics
Pots
The Conservatory, I would love to have my own conservatory.
Tree hybiscus from Canada, 99.00
Amaryllis
Begonia
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