* Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. - Henry James - ...

A fully open Columbia lily, with golden, gracefully curved petals spotted with dark mahogany freckles . * Lilies are out not only in the ga...

The Giant Himalayan lily, Cardiocrinum giganteum, in full bloom beside a velvety Hydrangea aspera at the Bloedel Reserve gardens. I'm so...

The golden, silky petals of a double Icelandic poppy, Papaver nudicaule, almost ready to be carried away by the wind. * After a couple of he...

* As a sad outcome of the recent housing bubble, there are a couple of empty, unfinished houses in my neighborhood, waiting for the good ti...

Ohhh... do you really mean...? Are you quite sure? Only a moment ago, I stole a picture of these bursting little ladies, eagerly sharing th...

Hilding Linnqvist: Song of the heart, 1920. Moderna Museet, Stockholm. * As I was younger, I loved studying the sumptuous flower still-live...

The mossy, old boiler house, slowly sinking into the water-logged ground... * This morning, an article about the historic Winters House in ...

Helleborus argutifolius 'Pacific Frost' * It is a pity I didn't take photos of this variegated Corsican Helleborus , Helleborus...

* Walking past the stately, century-old houses that fill the residential area of Capitol Hill in Seattle, these magnificent two monkey puzz...