Category: Pacific Northwest

Salmonberry

Himalayan blackberry is everywhere in the Pacific Northwest. It’s the tastiest noxious weed ever, so it’s hard to get too upset about it. But it...

Shy Violets

Violets are an old fashioned flower that seem to be coming back into fashion. It’s funny that such a small, demure flower should be bred...

Magnolia

I used to live in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle. Legend has it that the neighborhood was named by sailors, who saw a bluff covered...

String at Village Theatre

It was just another Wednesday… no, it was a Thursday when I braved I-90 to get to Village Theatre in Issaquah for a performance of...

Cherry Blossoms

Perhaps in Europe the rose has more cultural significance, but here in the Pacific Northwest, as in Japan, roses take a back seat to cherry...