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All good things must come to an end.

Let’s play “Would You Rather.” Would you rather, hypothetically, sleep? Or would you rather wake up to a clean and tidy house?

We threw bedtime out the window last night to watch the moon come up. At Ella Bailey Park in Magnolia. Really pretty sunset too.

Free outdoor yoga in the beautiful Olympic Sculpture Park — is there any better way to spend a Saturday morning? You’ll find more pictures and info from my shoot at the Seattle Art Museum blog. The last outdoor class for the summer will be at 10 a.m. this Saturday, Aug. 28. Anne Phyfe Palmer (center), owner and director…

I’ve been working at the Seattle Art Museum a little over a year now, and I’ve just been itching to photograph some of our fabulous public programs. With my boss Amy’s support, I’m now officially blogging for SAM! My first post went up today: it’s about the opening celebration for the Quileute exhibition. The cavernous Brotman…

I snagged a centerpiece left over from a corporate event at work. The party was Hawaiian-themed, so all the flowers are tropical. Isn’t it stunning? The base looks expensive, but it’s actually made of plastic. The anthurium has a pretty heart-shaped flower.  

Gerbera daisies from my husband, just because.

I walked through the Cascade P-Patch in South Lake Union, and off all the irises, snapdragons and tulips in bloom, I chose a weed to photograph. It’s pretty, though, isn’t it? These days, South Lake Union is a creepy mess of cranes and dug up pits. I can’t wait for the promised hi-tech hub to emerge. This antique shop, on…

More macro-lens love. It’s amazing what this lens can see.   Channeling my inner Georgia O’Keeffe.  

Picture “paradise.” You see warm sand, turquoise water, palm trees swaying gently, right? There is a place that matches that description EXACTLY, and it even has a direct flight from Sea-Tac. Ah, Hawai’i. I wanted to stay forever. Chris and I visited my sister on the Big Island, waking up to fresh papayas for breakfast and…