A neighbor does a very good job decorating, every single big holiday. It’s great. Merry Christmas to all!

Icicle lights, Christmas animals, candy canes and Frosty. The works!

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I got to visit Seattle’s beloved Volunteer Park Conservatory again after a very long absence. It was as thrilling as ever. This palm leaf overhead was at least five feet wide!

Giant leaf of a palm at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in the Palm House

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A rainy day in Ellensburg, WA.

Moody skies at the Ellensburg, Washinton old grain elevator building

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The fog was heavy, early this morning in my garden.

A January day in the Pacific Northwest

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The happiest and healthiest of New Years to you. May the sun shine upon you!

My Seattle back yard at the end of 2021.

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Winter sun goes deep into the room in Seattle on the last day of the year. So welcome! If I were a cat I know I’d be napping here.

Winter sunbeam with tree shadows

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A snowy morning, and sledders in a brief break in the white stuff falling. Note the slate gray color of  the clouds behind the trees!

Sledders near my house today

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A trip down memory lane, to the other side of the year, the other side of the country…these huge flower balls are marvels of fantasy as well as engineering and horticulture.

Magical flower balls at Longwood Gardens, outside Philadelphia PA

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NOTE: Just updated this post, the tag had said it was tillandsia paleacea but an expert said no, it’s a caerulea. I checked on google images and they are correct! I’ve had this air plant for several years on this north window sill in Seattle. Sometimes some other tillandsia plant stems just seem to appear in the bowl, but I never see them attached. I basically ignore it, soak when I can remember. Over two months ago (!!) a long flower stem emerged. This week a tiny, delicate flower finally showed, and it’s very fragrant! Wow and wow.

Fragrant purple flower about half an inch wide of tillandsia paleacea, with one or two more blooms to come

Bowl of tillandsias, one tall spike finally flowering

Pretty gray-green color of tillandsia air plants

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The sun shining through bright yellow leaves. What could be better?

Yellow leaves on a sunny fall day in Seattle

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