Color photo. A brilliant green fern, growing from a raised planter, at the front left. Another plant, with mostly red leaves, grows behind it. The planter recedes into the background to the right. It has many other plants in it, blurred so that only the fern in front is sharp.

On Saturday I met some friends at the Conservatory in Seattle’s Volunteer Park.  It was a cool, dreary, gray winter day, with rain spitting down on and off, which made the warmth of the greenhouse all the more pleasant.

It had been a few years since I’d last visited, and I’d forgotten how serene the conservatory is on a day like that.  If you live nearby, or have something similar in your area, it’s a good break if winter gloom is getting you down.

I didn’t get a shot outside, so I’ve included one I took in a different winter a few years ago, when it was snowing.

Gear: Nikon Z 7II, Nikon 85mm f1.8, Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF 16-55mm f2.8

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Color photo. A brilliant green fern, growing from a raised planter, at the front left. Another plant, with mostly red leaves, grows behind it. The planter recedes into the background to the right. It has many other plants in it, blurred so that only the fern in front is sharp.
Color photo. The Conservatory at Volunteer Park in Seattle. It is a greenhouse made of white metal frames around blue-green panes of glass. In front of it is a statue of a man in a long coat on a raised plinth. There is a copper plaque on the plinth, gone green from age. Snow is on the ground and the shoulders and feet of the statue.