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In A Vase On Monday - A-Tisket, A-Tasket
In A Vase On Monday is hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. Click here to see her gory creation this week and to find links to other participating bloggers.In the last week, I've been playing...
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Playing With New Toys
What does one do after Christmas? Play with new toys, of course. I'm a bit of a Luddite so playing with phone apps is a novelty still. Oil Effect and Paintlogue, apps that edit images to look like...
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Wednesday Vignette
In the parking lot of Fred Meyer (a local everything store - plants, groceries, clothing, wedding rings) just above the parking spot that my new car, Carmen (Get it -Carmen Elantra?) was parked, three...
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Is Heaven Somewhere in the Sky?
For gardeners, heaven might just be at Sky Nursery in Shoreline. The Tom and I jumped into Carmen (Elantra) the new plant mobile a few weeks ago for Carmen's first plant expedition, the first part of...
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'Tis the Season
To go shopping. It's after Christmas sale time again. Somehow, Carmen found Watson's parking lot.Somehow she knew...We do live in "The Evergreen State."Aren't we lucky?Catch the great foliage of...
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In A Vase On Monday
Happy New Year! In A Vase On Monday is hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. Click over to her blog to see what others have found to put in a vase on this day. Cathy asks us to utilize plant...
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Wright Park on a Winter Day
Recently, between arctic blasts, there were a few relatively nice days. To celebrate the end of 2016, we went for a stroll around Wright Park. The ducks seem happy to see us coming. So, are you going...
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Wednesday Vignette
We've all heard of the glass ceiling but the brick door was new to me.Wednesday Vignette is hosted by Anna at Flutter and Hum. Click over to her blog to join in the fun.
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Random Thursday
First, a follow-up to yesterday's Wednesday Vignette to show that things are not one-sided.I'm guessing that the original openings may have been too narrow for ADA compliance. The building has been...
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Seymour Conservatory for the Twelfth Day of Christmas
Happy Epiphany and twelfth day of Christmas. In the eastern orthodox tradition, Christmas was celebrated yesterday. Technically, twelfth night was December fifth but some lump it together with...
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In A Vase On Monday
In a Vase on Monday is hosted by the talented and inspirational Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. Click here to see what she and other bloggers have put in a vase today.On cold winter evenings, a nice...
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The Garden May Be Frozen but the Mailbox is Blooming
It's that time of year when the seed and plant catalogs begin arriving and gardeners begin to dream of spring and new plants. Because we have so many fabulous nurseries in our region, I don't do a lot...
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Wednesday Vignette - Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Wednesday Vignette is hosted by Anna at Flutter and Hum. Click here to join in the fun!Last week was cold with low temperatures in the high teens around these parts. Hummingbird feeders had to be...
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The Big Chill
"Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." The last few weeks have brought flooding to California, Snow and ice storms to Portland, and to Tacomaville, nothing. We had...
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Visiting a Nursery During A Cold Snap
So, what do nurseries do when the weather turns really cold? I visited Watson's over the weekend just to see. The parking lot there is almost always full on weekends so I was surprised that there...
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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day January 2017
On the fifteenth of every month, Carol at May Dreams Gardens hosts Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. Garden bloggers from around the world are invited to post images of blooms in their gardens. Many thanks...
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In a Face on Monday/Euphorbia flanaganii for Foliage Follow Up
In a Vase on Monday is hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. Go to her blog to see her arrangement this week and find links to those of other participating bloggers. This week my vase is a face...
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Frozen Flower World Part One
On the grounds of Flower World, a huge and amazing nursery about an hour north of my garden is a pond (small lake) with jets that shoot water about 20 feet into the air. The effect of the water...
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Wednesday Vignette - Dumpster Diving
What's in your trash can? Seen at a friend's antique store, (Howard Welborn Antiques) this Italian chandelier was too heavy to hang on the hook usually used while restoration work is done so this...
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Frozen Flower World Part Two - Come In from the Cold!
Earlier this week, we saw the other side of this pond covered in ice. As you can see, the other side is quite different. It may be cold but in the pacific northwest when the sun shines in the winter...
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