Gertrud McFuzz from "Yertle the Turtle" by Dr. Seuss. I've always loved the rounded, droopy figures that fill Dr. Seuss'...

A fenceless front garden from early 20th century in Yarrow Point, near Seattle. I have always considered the fenceless and open front garde...

Isn't it wonderful to "meet" a plant that you have been reading of but never experienced in real life? Well, this morning, I w...

Beautyberry, Callicarpa bodinieri K Just a short stroll at the tiny little beach park quite near us once more reminded me of the extraordin...

On Tuesday, my older daughter's school class had field trip to Bellevue Botanical gardens. I volunteered to help, and took the opportuni...

Yesterday, I had a wonderful morning at the Olympic Sculpture Park on the shores of Elliott Bay in Seattle city centre. It is an impressive...

Yesterday evening, Landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson delivered a very interesting and inspirational lecture at the University of Washin...

A Japanese inspired garden with evergreens. I love the little opening in the hedge, which shows the lake below but hides the house behind....

In my nostrils still live the breath of flowers that perished twenty years ago. - Mark Twain - ... or more than twenty; I just thought a...

What a beautiful autumn we are living through here in Seattle. It seems that the weather wants to make up for the miserable August... The sk...