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| Volunteer Park
is the home of the Seattle
Asian Art Museum. It's a gorgeous-looking building, complete
with stone camels guarding the entrance way. |
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| Here's a closer
look at one of the camels. As tempting as it was, we decided to
visit the inside of the Art Museum on a day when the weather wasn't
so nice. |
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| Directly across
from the Art Museum is a large reservoir. In front of it is a sculpture
called Black Sun by Isamu Noguchi. In the distance are visible the
Space Needle and a glimpse of Puget Sound. |
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| A pair of ponds
flanked the reservoir, their tranquil surfaces broken by rafts of
water lilies and the occasional splash of a Koi. |
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| There were
a number of different colored water lilies standing out against
the shiny green lily pads. |
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| Here and there
Koi and goldfish darted, bright splashes of color in the somewhat
murky water. |
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| Several of the
larger fish swam silently around emerging now and then like a surfacing
submarine. |
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| A statue of
William Seward, patriot, statesman and purchaser of Alaska was erected
in 1909. |
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| Here's the entrance
to the Conservatory,
one of the best surprises of the day. |
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| Consisting of
five 'houses' ( Bromeliad, Palm, Fern, Cactus and a Seasonal Display
house), the Conservatory is an outstanding display of plants from
all over the world. |
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| The colors are
amazing. |
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| I loved the
Cactus Room |
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