My Gift of Green....A Banana Tree at Moorehaven in Mukilteo

I send my Reiki clients here to take walks after Reiki:
Take a peaceful walk here at Moorehaven Koi Ponds...
3006 York Road in Everett off of Beverly Edmonds Road North from Mukilteo Speedway.

A honeysuckle vine, Lonicera species possibly sempervirens

Darling Dahlia

This dahlia is huge! About 9" across! It is from a first year tuber, the plant was planted late, and was only a foot tall when it put this on recently.
Wow, I love my dahlia!

white tulips

Nic and Tal

The Canadian Yukon 2005

Klaune Park

Alaska 2005

Columbia Ferry.. Inside Passage to Alaska

Michael and I took My Grandkids up the inside passage to Alaska

on this trip. I love this photo. 

We have been up on this ferry several times over the years, I recommend The Alaska Ferry to anyone who is considering a cruse ship, it is less expensive and more fun, if you're the outdoor type person.

Phone City...Alaska

Tent houses

A Yukon Lake

Red barn at Whitehorse

Red barn at Whitehorse
Originally uploaded by Zinnia.

My view of the space needle

My view of the space needle
Originally uploaded by Zinnia.

Winter

Winter
Originally uploaded by Zinnia.

frozen greenery

frozen greenery
Originally uploaded by Zinnia.

Snow

Snow
Originally uploaded by Zinnia.

Merry Crissmiss...thank you!

Merry Crissmiss...thank you!
Originally uploaded by Zinnia.

Shakahatchi Flute from Japan

Arms-Akimbo

arms-akimbo
Originally uploaded by Zinnia.

She a beaut! You can see pattern from Burnt Offerings here, this piece lives in NYC Primitive fire.. all work and photos on this blog are copyrighted works of SMS

Burnt Offerings

burnt offerings
Originally uploaded by Zinnia.

This is my best work, I think, it is in relief, small tiles, hand burnished. It is this work that I would most like to see on the walls of the Henry Art Gallery, and the halls of Microsoft. Truth be told, I was writing a man who posted a personal in the Seattle Weekly when I first moved here, it was rumored it was Bill Gates ( way before Melinda) and I thought,"if this is Bill Gates, I want an installation in the house he is building,". So I made up a sq.ft and framed it... ( consider this sells for 1200.00 per Sq. ft.) and sent it to him.(Is In the Monarch Tile Collection.)
Meanwhile...... I went to Joe Loves' Halloween party (dressed as an artist's rendition of a cupcake), and everyone there was buzzing about Bill Gates ad, and I said, umm um, it isn't Bill!" See mouths drop? "How do you know," they asked? " I had dinner with him," I said," he lied about his house being in King country, he is in Snohomish county. Indeed! He took my art, invited me to Monroe for a tacky greasy Italian dinner, and kept my work when he promised to return it, along with a photo of me in Japan that I treasured and only parted with hoping for a possible commission. His house is the log cabin on Northern Exposures. I didn't go to the house, and if he had been rich as he pretended, well, he would have paid for my work instead of keeping it. I still want a commission, anyone have suggestions?