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Visual Meditation: Pike Place Market

   

-Christine Valters Paintner @ Abbey of the Arts

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7 Responses

  4. no, definitely not this morning or yesterday. :-) It was a sunny and glorious day not too long ago. I thought you might like the reminder of sunshine lucy. ;-)

  5. the visuals are nectar to my soul this morning…you obviously did not take these yesterday :-) or today for that matter. gorgeous!!!

  6. Actually the next neighborhood over, Pike Place Market is just over a mile from my home. All of these photos were taken in the market except for the first one which was taken out the window of the market.

  7. Having just seen “The Secret Life of Bees” I could easily imagine the journey into the forest. And your photos are simply lucious!! Are such delights all in your neighborhood? Blessings!