My week has been a whirlwind…a lovely long weekend in the Pacific Northwest followed by the beginning of the SDAWP Summer Institute. And in spite of the hectic nature of my re-entry into work life, interesting images swirl in my brain.

With a few hours in the morning before our flight back home, we decided to visit the Chihuly Glass Museum in Seattle City Center.  I’d heard good things about it, but the experience far exceeded my expectations.  The glass sculptures were exquisite!  This large spiky piece fits perfectly into the outline of the atrium structure behind it.

And the gardens were a perfect complement to the glass, plants and flowers matched in color and shape to the sculptures they accompanied. I fell in love with these unfamiliar flowers, their spiky petals seemed to attract the bees, creating a buzzing, moving tableau.

And not knowing the name of these flowers, they remind me of artichokes…perhaps a part of the spiky thistle family…that was also a part of my dinner tonight!

But I digress…  On the same grounds as the glass museum was the iconic Seattle Space Needle, an interesting spiky structure.  I didn’t head up to the top this time, but took a number of pictures from below.  This particular picture was taken from afar while riding the ferry from Bainbridge Island into the city.

We also found these whimsical interactive oversized spiky flowers…called Sonic Bloom…near the glass museum.  When you walk near them they interact with your presence, creating sounds as you move.  But even in silence, they are fun, bright and definitely brought a smile to my face.

So take a look around for the spiky this week.

You can post your photo alone or along with some words: commentary, a story, a poem…maybe even a song! I love to study the photographs that others’ take and think about how I can use a technique, an angle, or their inspiration to try something new in my own photography. (I love a great mentor text…or mentor photo, in this case!) I share my photography and writing on social media. You can find me on Instagram and Twitter using @kd0602. If you share your photos and writing on social media too, please let me know so I can follow and see what you are doing. To help our Weekly Photo community find each other, use the hashtag #spiky for this week and include @nwpianthology in your post.

Look up, down and all around in search of spiky.  Where will you find protrusions to share?  I look forward to seeing what you find!