An abunance of flowers...

Seattle is a remarkable place when it comes to to a lot of things, but I have never been in or for that matter recall being in a city where you can buy dazzling flowers for next to nothing in public markets. My pals Regina and Steve, parents of Sophie, perhaps one of the most beautiful babies of all time, suggested that I head to a couple different street fairs/markets today.

The first was in Ballard, the second in Freemont. Each was a number of blocks long, loaded with all kinds of great food, cheese, organic vegies and fruit, and flowers.

$12 buys you more flowers than I have vases for.

$8 buys you a huge bouquet. And when I was leaving the Freemont market, e.g. not far from the statute of Lenin, I asked a very nice woman, what $4 might buy?

Absolutely spectacular. They are sitting on my dining table. Breathtakingly beautiful!

Comments

[Kelly Dugan]

Hello Buzz,

This is Kelly, I was the guy sitting across for you Thursday, at WhatCounts listening to your superb demo of Active Words, and a laundry list of who's who of new tech solutions (eyejot, xnobi). Wanted to comment on your great blog, I follow a lot of tech trends, and I have to say I've been wanting a Kindle badly, and have thought similar thoughts about what a 2.0 version should look like. I think the reading experience will completely change, even though there have been "nothing can replace a dead tree" naysayers from the start. Their complaints are valid, but are evaporating as legibility improves vastly an strain decreases. Love the idea of enhancing it and embedding this tech all laptops (similar to how Touch tech will permeate all brands). Hope you are well!

[Peter Jeff]

Yes, I can understand the beauty of the flowers in Seatle from the picture..Its so fresh and bright!