The poet Byron coined the name "The Bridge of Sighs" (top photo) for the bridge leading the condemned from the Venetian courts to the prisons on the other side. The views from the windows wer...
Hello, friends! While I continue to edit the almost embarrassing riches of our photographs of Venice, I wanted to say hi with a few more spring images that have recently gone into my shop. (Those on ...
Hello, my friends – were back from a magical adventure: nine days in glorious Venezia and a quick visit to our dear old London.Venice first captivated me during a cold, brief, middle-of-the-night vis...
Hello, dear friends! Stopping in quickly with a few images from a test shoot I did last week for an upcoming project. The flowers are Helleborus, also known as Lenten Rose or hellebore, and theyre bl...
Photographed today – cuttings from our woodland garden.(Displayed on pretty papers by Brenda Walton for K and Company.)The woodland garden is a 55-foot long area on the west side of our home. When we...
Recipe for open-eyed dreaming: Take a Friday afternoon, Seattle sunshine, the University Yoshino cherry trees at their absolute perfect peak, me with my new Nikon D800, D with his new Canon 5D Mark I...
Flowering Crabapple, April 14, 2010 The Arboretum, SeattleHello, dear April!A joyful embrace toyour mercurial waysand kaleidoscope daysShall we dance under pink-laced treesand rainbow s...
Oh, my, what a whirlwind week! As most of you know, my show was on Saturday and Im delighted to report that it was a resounding success and so much fun! I posted a few photos on Facebook already but ...
Prunus Blireiana, Blireiana Plum Blossoms from our garden in a previous springStealing a few moments from show preparations to wish you a Happy Spring, or Happy Autumn to friends in the Southern Hemi...
Narcissus "Sweetness", Narcissus "Cheerfulness", Vinca minor (Periwinkle) and Syringa vulgaris (lilac).Our woodland garden beauties are awakening, slowly, gently. Narcissus "Tete ...
Sunrise through fog, Skagit Valley daffodil fields, March, 2008Dear March,Here you are at last.Blustering in withsongbirds and brave narcissus, but trailing wisps ofwinters melancholy Teasi...
roses and ranunculus, march 2011Thank you, thank you for the generous, amazing comments and heartfelt wishes on the Artful Blogging article. It means so much more being able to share it with you.And ...
Hello, my friends! My gratitude to Editor Jennifer Taylor at Stampington for selecting my blog to be featured in the current issue of Artful Blogging! Pretty thrilling to walk into Barnes and No...
Happy Valentines Day, dear friends! Remember this – You Are Loved.xoxoxo
Hello, my friends! Ive brought you a bouquet of the pink rose "Else" for your Valentines Day weekend. (In fact, I photographed these nearly a year ago but realized this was a fitting time for...
Abellophyllum distichum, White forsythia, blooming in late February, 2008Dear February,You are most welcome herewith your lengthening lightand the first faint flutterings of bird song through ba...
For a few days last June, we stayed at Le Manoir de Hérouville, a French country B&B in the Calvados region of Normandy. Above, the last stretch of the long drive ends at the 18th century manor h...
Hello, my friends! Did you have a lovely weekend? I hope so. Ive brought some rosy, romantic images from Paris to get us in the mood for Valentines Day. Theyre also featured in three new Paris postca...
Hello! Im very pleased you enjoyed the Parisian weekend photos, both here and at Paris By Two. Are you ready for another adventure? Are you willing to leave Paris (only temporarily) and join us in th...
"The Paris Apartment"Hello, dear friends! Bringing a bit of Parisian fantasy to your weekend with some images from last summer. This Paris apartment with the arched window in Saint Germain in...
Dear January,Im glad youre here,Unveiling the pristine path of a new year,mantled in misty unknown but beckoning with possibility. Allowing me deep breaths and still moments,to say tha...
Chandelier, Opera Garnier, Paris, 2011Chandelier, Opera Garnier, Paris, 2011City Lights, Seattle, 2007Carousel Horse, Seattle, 2007Happy New Year, dear friends! Some sparkly, festive images for your ...
Barn in snow, Skagit Valley, WashingtonHello, my friends! Here we are once again at winters turning, at the pivot point of the year, and D and I eagerly embrace the opportunity to send heartfelt wish...
The season of wonders is upon us, and so swiftly arrived, too, as it often seems. As the days of the waning year begin to rush ahead of themselves in an accelerated whirl of activities, we have littl...
Hello, friends! I hope, if you celebrate it, that your Thanksgiving was splendid! Ours, with all my family, certainly was and we so appreciate all the warm wishes from around the globe. I must say I ...
Im late posting these for Remembrance Day, I apologize. But truthfully, what is observed on November 11 should not be relegated to a single day, a sentiment I know we all share.D and I photographed t...
Twenty-four hours of traveling, and the sunshine and sea breezes of the South American spring faded behind us as we turned hearts and minds back to the cool realities, darkened evenings and unique be...
Hola, friends! Apologies for the short absence but you know by now that it likely means Ive been traveling again and not so easily online for blogging. Im posting today from the central coast of Chil...
Hello, dear friends! Thank you for your much-appreciated visits and comments on the Giverny village photos. Although many of us are well into autumn, at least per the calendar, in our garden we still...
In the small village of Giverny, France, a few hundred yards from Monets famous house and garden, one can still feel the atmosphere of the pastoral hamlet with glorious light that first captured Mone...
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