NW Flower & Garden ShowIf you live in the Pacific Northwest in February, the only “flower power” available is at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show. And for me, the “power flower” of the show is the orchid. It’s why I go.
I could go to stroll around the convention center for 3 hours at an average pace of 0.5 mph due to the crowds. I could go to look at the gardens created by fantastic garden designers and set up indoors for the show. I could also go to see funky garden art, or peruse four thousand twenty-two different varieties of Sunflower seeds. Nope, I go for the orchids.
But I’m ecumenical, I’ll even look at the occasional rose.http://digitalquixote.smugmug.com/Out-About/NW-Flower-Garden-Show/DSC1067a/258290337_Y9PDj-Ti.jpghttp://digitalquixote.smugmug.com/gallery/4398016_ZwpXt/2008-02-24T04:19:06ZCopyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. 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In the late afternoon light, it felt massive to me.<p><a href="http://digitalquixote.smugmug.com">DigitalQuixote</a><br />Massive: Near the convention center is this office building. In the late afternoon light, it felt massive to me.</p><p><a href="http://digitalquixote.smugmug.com/Out-About/NW-Flower-Garden-Show/4398016_ZwpXt#258290856_anGv4" title="Massive: Near the convention center is this office building. In the late afternoon light, it felt massive to me."><img src="http://digitalquixote.smugmug.com/Out-About/NW-Flower-Garden-Show/DSC1108a/258290856_anGv4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="Massive: Near the convention center is this office building. In the late afternoon light, it felt massive to me." title="Massive: Near the convention center is this office building. In the late afternoon light, it felt massive to me." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-01-14T08:53:14ZDigitalQuixotehttp://digitalquixote.smugmug.comhttp://digitalquixote.smugmug.com/Out-About/NW-Flower-Garden-Show/DSC1108a/258290856_anGv4-Th.jpg2008-02-22 16:57:09Lobby: After the show, we had a great dinner at Palomino. Here's a photo of the lobby I like.<p><a href="http://digitalquixote.smugmug.com">DigitalQuixote</a><br />Lobby: After the show, we had a great dinner at Palomino. Here's a photo of the lobby I like.</p><p><a href="http://digitalquixote.smugmug.com/Out-About/NW-Flower-Garden-Show/4398016_ZwpXt#258290934_VHVTm" title="Lobby: After the show, we had a great dinner at Palomino. Here's a photo of the lobby I like."><img src="http://digitalquixote.smugmug.com/Out-About/NW-Flower-Garden-Show/DSC1118a/258290934_VHVTm-Th.jpg" width="150" height="141" alt="Lobby: After the show, we had a great dinner at Palomino. Here's a photo of the lobby I like." title="Lobby: After the show, we had a great dinner at Palomino. Here's a photo of the lobby I like." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-01-14T08:51:17ZDigitalQuixotehttp://digitalquixote.smugmug.comhttp://digitalquixote.smugmug.com/Out-About/NW-Flower-Garden-Show/DSC1118a/258290934_VHVTm-Th.jpg2008-02-22 18:29:16