Rose garden

Some experiments with a shot of roses in Eugene's rose garden.

The real thing

Garden galaxies

Spent Mother's Day at the rhododendron species botanical garden in Federal Way WA. Seeing these stelliform flowers, my associative monkey-mind kicked in.

Milky Way photo by Joseph Cowdell

Pleiades Star Cluster photo by Tony Hallas/Science Faction/Corbis

The following one, in case you're wondering, is a debris-filled spiderweb.

Hubble photo via Indian Express

Gray Barn

Again, looking at everything except the plants in the nursery! (The Gray Barn in Redmond WA)

Venn

Mask

No outlet

2019 Northwest Flower and Garden Show

Some images from the 2019 Northwest Flower and Garden Show in Seattle. Despite what you might think, given some previous posts, I'm not really a plant photographer, I tend to focus (if you'll pardon the pun) on the non-vegetable aspects, such as displays, garden accessories, infrastructure, etc.

The only good tarantula is a cast-iron tarantula

Croquet, anyone?

Babel

The foundations of Babel

Party planks

Iceberg glass

Looking up

Haunting

The Oregon Gardens

From a brief stay in Silverton...

Lan Su Garden, Portland OR

Kubota Garden reflections