Please be aware...

This mossy scene can be found at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden in Federal Way, Washington. I stopped at the garden on the way up to the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival, in Seattle, in February, also known as the last adventure before lockdown and the COVID nightmare. The late afternoon light combined with the moss and green pond was such a visual treat. 

I almost wrote that it was a mood lifter, but heck, my mood didn't need lifting then. I was on my way to a garden event where I'd see friends from all over the country and spring was happening all around me. COVID was in the news—in fact the first death in the U.S. (in Washington) would be announced that weekend—but we had no idea what was headed our way.