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Stoop sitting at the New York Botanical Garden's annual Orchid Show. Photo by Raj Moorjani; all other photos by Yours Truly.
Hi Friends,
April here on the east coast saw winter holding on with a vengeance though we did have one week of beautiful, sunshiny reprieve during which the Hubs and I seized our chance to check out the annual orchid show at the New York Botanical Garden. This year's program was Mr. Flower Fantastic’s Concrete Jungle — installation art with flowers, mainly orchids, as the medium. Immersive and breathtaking, clever and whimsical, the show was a love note to New York City and the Queens neighborhood where the anonymous creator, who styles himself Mr. Flower Fantastic, grew up. Alas, the show wrapped April 26th. If you didn't have the chance to go, I hope you enjoy these pictures.
The humble laundromat gets a makeover.
Za! A New York pizza shop, one of several iconic city scenes in this year's orchid show.
I also learned "stuff" like there are nearly 30,000 species of orchids, some of which do not look very... orchid-like.
When I wasn't outside soaking up every drop of available sunshine, I was at my desk dutifully writing. This month, I was super honored to be asked to guest blog on the Historical Novel Society of North America's website.
My post, "Writing the Historical Saga" is condensed from my presentation at HNS's national conference last summer in Las Vegas. If you're interested in writing a saga, or historical fiction of any kind, give it a read.
Win the IRISH EYES Audiobook
Hard to believe, but it's one month since the IRISH EYES audiobook launched! To keep the party going, I'm giving away three copies on Spotify. To be entered to win, hop on over to Substack and sign up for my History With Hope newsletter -- it's free and about one email a month. Contest closes 12 midnight EDT tonight (5/1), so don't delay!
Mother's Day is Sunday, May 10th and books make great gifts! Below is the shortlist of where to get mine, including signed copies.
STARDUST is available wherever books are sold, including:
Hope C. Tarr, Author of the American Songbook Series: IRISH EYES and STARDUST.
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