GARDENS & FLOWERS

Garden delights, lovely sights . . .
Seattle Arboretum, Bloedel Reserve, Japanese Garden, Skagit Valley Tulips
Balcony and Backyard Beauty

DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO LIVING BEINGS
In times of adversity, kindness, no matter how small, is keenly felt and appreciated. 
The teachings of Lord Buddha impart a sense of gratitude towards the whole of creation.
This is known as debt of gratitude.

— Tranquil is this Realm of Mine
Dharma Talks and Writings of The Most Venerable Nichidatsu Fujii



SUNFLOWER

Standing tall
Stormy sky
Wind ruffled
Seeds to plant
Soon starting over

Sun flower
Sunshine

Seeds to plant
Seeds in the wind
Storms to pass
—Kathryn Keve

POLLEN
For seven April days
golden maple pollen,
an offering of this exuberant spring,
has drifted
and dusted all
like a blessing

Say the word
pollen
images take wing
something good
fertilization
pollination
fairy dust
flowers
winged seeds
maple syrup
hardwood

Japanese red maples
Dressed in bronzed filagree
Sugar maple, Paper bark
Bigleaf, Vine maple
roots run wide
holding the soil
holding the tree
brushing the sky
golden clusters sway
fairly glowing
amid cedars
and douglas fir
on river banks, road sides
on the south side
the sunny side
stretching for light

lux desiratium
universitatis


Light
is the desire of the universe

—Keve, April 2007


Toby's Garden-April

Lily

Primrose Varieties

Judie's Garden-Nasturtium

Judie's Garden-Foxglove Variant

Judie's Garden-Goosenecks

Lavendar Rhodendron & Maple

Clematis and Mossy Log

Toby's Iris

Wild Geranium on Hosta:
Little & Lewis Garden


Iris "For Ruth"
Sue's Garden


Water Lily
Little & Lewis Garden


Joan's Graden - Peony

Sue's Fence & Iris

Joan's Garden

Fried Egg Dahlia

Danish Flag Poppy

Slipperwort

Buddha: Nipponzan Myohoji Temple

Pink Dogwood

Cranes: Nipponzan Myohoji Temple

Bloedel: Magnolia seaboldii

JG Azaleas

Danish Flag Poppy

Pink Tulips & Sunbreak

Wisteria Arbor

Red & White Tulips

Japanese Garden: Late Wisteria

Japaenese Garden: Under the Wisteria

Japanese Garden: Wisteria & Azaleas

Japanese Garden: Into the Garden

Japanese Garden: Cherry Trees

Japanese Garden: MidStream

Japanese Garden:Heron & Iris

Japanese Garden:Ducks

Japanese Garden:Iris & Koi

Bowl of Beauty 83

Monet Window

Bowl of Beauty 15

Stargazer

Delphinium and Mustard

Canna Leaf

Lavender

Columbine Closeup

Hawaiian Ti Plant

Backyard Iris

Sunflower

Donna's Gate

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