Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden

Recently I wrote about Bonsai collection in Federal Way. There is another unique garden side by side with Bonsai collection (they share the same parking). This is Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, the largest world . . . → Continue reading Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden

Blooming tree

Edgeworthia chrysantha ака Oriental paperbush From one of the Seattle’s garden.

Well-trained trees

Pacific Bonsai Museum locates in the Federal Way town that is about 30 minutes to the south from Seattle by Highway 5. If you love bonsai this place is for you. The collection has more than 100 plants from around the world and it is the . . . → Continue reading Well-trained trees

Country Airfield

Small American country airfields (at least on the West Coast) are very relaxed places – anybody can come and walk anywhere except airstrip (just because of safety). Very different aerial vehicles can be met – varietal aeroplanes, motor paraplanes, and even balloons.

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Spring fields

Daffodils. Fields

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Daffodils. Portraits

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Saffron’s lover

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Spring

A day is longer than a night, finally! Spring is here. This forsythia agrees with this statement. More photos:

Mt Rainier – 2014

If you live in Washington state, you have no chance to avoid Rainier climbing at least once in couple years. In 2014 we decided to spend night higher when usual, maybe even in the crater. Muir rout . . . → Continue reading Mt Rainier – 2014