Showing posts with label Astoria. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

~Northwest Flower & Garden Show & Astoria and Simple & Sweet Fridays #209~

As I promised last week,
I wanted to share photos of our trip to 
  the
Northwest Flower & Garden Show
in Seattle, Washington. 
It was a lot of fun.



One of my favorite vendors,
Christianson's Nursery & Greenhouses.


A outdoor octopus shaped shower made out of shells.


Loved this whimsical playhouse.

~Inspiring Displays~

Love the Mosiac Mailbox!
A special sealed card!
Even in the rain,
 downtown Seattle is just beautiful! 
We left Washington and drove to Astoria for the night.
It is a very beautiful port city.

We stayed at the Cannery Pier Hotel & Spa.
We had a gorgeous view of the Astoria-Megler Bridge 
outside our window.


That night our daughter, Katie and her boyfriend, Harry went to dinner in an old car that taxied us to a restaurant.
Fun dinner together!
The next day we drove around the city.






 It was a wonderful trip 
to the beautiful Northwest.
Next week I'll share with you
 an Easter project with these beads!


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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

~Our Trip to Washington State and Simple & Sweet Fridays #208~

Stan and I just love the Northwest.
He promised me a trip to
 Washington and Oregon when he retired.
So, he bought us tickets on Southwest
 and we were on the plane last week.
Washington was having their annual 
Flower & Garden Show
 at the 
Washington State Convention Center. 
We flew into Seattle
 and it was a beautiful clear day.
You could see for miles!!

After we landed,
 we decided to take a road trip to one of our favorite nurseries,
Christianson's Nursery in Mt. Vernon.
The weather was just perfect for sightseeing!
It was a photographers dream.
We saw lots of old barns and structures.
We were in Heaven!!



Last year at this same time,
 we saw Snow Geese in La Conner and they were back.
Thousands of Snow Geese
 migrate each winter to the
 Skagit River Valley near La Conner
 in Washington State.
There are also Trumpeters and Tundra Swans
 which love the rich farmland. 
Stan couldn't take enough photos of the birds,
there were so many of them.
Just Beautiful!!
Our next stop was 
Christianson's Nursery in Mt. Vernon.
Their Primrose Store
 has everything I love!!

We met Laura, who 
  designs and puts together all their displays. 
I just love the pretty vignettes!
Christianson's has the most beautiful Greenhouses.





It was a fun day at the Nursery.
I'll be sharing more photos of our trip on the next post.
~The Northwest Flower & Garden Show~

Christianson's Nursery was there too!!
Another road stop to 
Astoria, Oregon!


Can't wait to see what you've 
 been working on this last week!!


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