Mothers Day at Kubota Garden

 My son took me to the Kubota Garden in Seattle for a 

mothers day stroll. We spent hours there just marveling

at this beautiful peaceful place.

Fujitaro Kubota (born 1879 in Shikoku Island, Japan)

emigrated to the US in 1907 and started the garden in 

1927,  The garden was completed in 1962.  Fujitaro Kubota

passed away in 1973 at the age of 94.

 I am totally amazed at all that this one man completed. It is 

now a historical landmark. It was acquired by the

 city of Seattle from the Kubota family in 1987.

 I found it to be so peaceful and beautiful it was

hard to leave.There were so many pathways to 

travel .So many bridges and waterfalls, ponds,

magnificent stones and unusual plants.

 My photos do not do it justice.

Many Koi all different colors.

What a wonderful day with my son. He is a keeper.

I hope you all had a wonderful day too!

EDIM for the 13th and Mother's Day

A pillow I made years ago from quilting

scraps, for a friend.
Mother's Day was wonderful. My son took me to
 breakfast and then we headed for Seattle for 
some fun. Dick Blick's was on the menu where we
found Jimi Hendrix outside.

A great sculpture. So detailed.
After shopping for beloved art supplies we
headed to Volunteer Park, hopefully to 
sketch.

Such a gorgeous walk under these magnificent trees.

We were anxious to go inside... but as we came up
to the door we saw it was closed at 4PM. WHAT
4PM on Mother's Day. There were several others 
there thinking and saying the same thing.

But we were not to be deterred ... so we took 
pictures through the windows.LOL

What I won't do to bring these pictures
to you guys....LOL 
Walking back ,here are a few of the garden plants
and statues.

And finally the water tower.

I know, I know lots of photos but it was just so 
gorgeous and the weather held.
We had dinner at Araya's in Seattle. Yummy!
It started to rain as we drove home but that was OK.
The plants needed it. 
It was a great day!

Days 7,8,9,10 and 11 of Every Day In May

I am all caught up now. Had a few days

in which to do it as I went to the Drs.

office and discovered I had a case of

 benign positional vertigo. Lovely...

So had to rest up so I drew and painted

and behaved myself, sort of. No heavy

 gardening for a few days. Feeling much

better now. Hope all you mothers have a great

day tomorrow. I shall be having fun with

our son and family.

Playing Catch UP...

 I certainly fell behind on posting these.

But I was on a deadline to get my 

paintings framed and delivered.

So indulge me this one time .... OK

Here are my EDiM paintings for

May 9,10,11,12,13,14 and 15th. 

Yes I am one day ahead.

I thought today was the 15th! 

Well it is somewhere, isn't  it.!?!

 Hope you all had a great weekend and Mother's Day

for those that are mothers. We had sunshine

80 degree temps and a wonderful time. This year my

 son took me to brunch, helped me in the garden and 

we all had yummy Thai food for dinner. In other

words I was spoiled rotten.

We finished out the evening watching

"Midnight in Paris". What a fun crazy movie.

I am off to the garden with a large

Raspberry lemonade!