My immediate family celebrates Christmas (in a secular sort of way) while our extended family celebrates Hanukkah, but there doesn’t need to be any official observance for celebrating friends, family, good food, and colorful lights in the long winter dark while waiting for the days to lengthen into spring.
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doldrums
I know it’s been quiet in this space, but it hasn’t been because I’m not working. That’s the problem actually – I’ve been doing enough freelance writing that I’m either not taking many photographs, I’m just taking them to go with articles, or the ones I have taken are sitting in my catalog waiting for me toContinue reading “doldrums”
artwalk news
A little news! I’ve been thinking for a while about downsizing my art studio, which is frankly a bit large for my needs, and now the plan is to trade spaces with the artist next door to me. We’ll be swapping probably in early November, hopefully before artwalk, and I’ll be sharing my space withContinue reading “artwalk news”
cideries
The autumn issue of Edible Seattle is out, and it includes a spread of photos that I took of cideries in the Port Townsend area. I didn’t write the article this time, so I just got to poke around the orchards and tasting rooms with my camera while my husband tried the various ciders. WeContinue reading “cideries”
down the coast
A few more photos from our recent road trip. Water, fog, sunshine and redwoods on the way down, desert hills and high mountains on the way back. Lots of pictures of Mount Shasta, because it’s such a lovely mountain, and a few photos where I was amusing myself with multiple exposures – you should beContinue reading “down the coast”
flower farms
This month’s issue of Grow Northwest includes an article I wrote about the Seattle Wholesale Growers Market, a cooperative of flower farmers from around the northwest. I visited four different flower farms: Jello Mold, Everyday Flowers, Choice Bulb, and Triple Wren. Everyone was wonderful to talk with, and the coolers full of sweet peas andContinue reading “flower farms”
bridges
So we just got back from our annual road trip down the west coast and back, and I decided to amuse myself on the drive by taking photos of the various bridges we went over (or under, or past), from the Astoria-Megler Bridge over the Columbia to the Golden Gate, with all the little streamContinue reading “bridges”
cows, barns and hubs
I spent last month working on three different projects for Grow Northwest magazine, all of which are now out in the June issue. I interviewed Jo Wolfe at the Skagit County Historical Museum and drove around following the heritage barn map that she helped put together. I visited a raw milk dairy and got lickedContinue reading “cows, barns and hubs”
tulips
Even after all these years of living in Skagit Valley, tulip season is strange and surreal. Actually I think it gets weirder all the time.
blooming
The Cymbidium orchid in my kitchen window has been blooming its head off this winter. The flowers look particularly wonderful with sunlight behind them, illuminating the petals.
Jessamyn Tuttle 