One of my favorite kinds of roses, the pale ones with red edges, in a bouquet.

Rose close up, in a bouquet with baby’s breath

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Our typical Seattle endless gray wintertime weather is kind of getting to me. I need brightness and color. Here are some painted boxes from my trip to Mexico in March.

Brilliantly colorful painted boxes for sale in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

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Visiting my cousin recently in Philadelphia on a snowy day, I marveled that her Christmas cactus was actually blooming right before Christmas. I think I have a Halloween cactus at my house.

Two-tone magenta Christmas cactus blooms with snow outside

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This graceful flower is related to amaryllis and is a bulb. I saw it growing happily in mass plantings in Mexico in the early spring, and here it was in Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania in May.

Soft yellow clivia macro

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Another view of the fabulous indoor pool at Longwood Gardens outside of Philadelphia, PA.

Flower balls hang over a ferny reflecting pool in a glass conservatory

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Last spring I was in Longwood Gardens outside of Philadelphia. Enjoy the light, as we are in our gray weather now, here in Seattle.

Huge old white dogwood tree in Longwood Gardens, PA

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Snow is forecast so I went outside to grab the nasturtiums and whatever else showed some color.

Roses, orange nasturtiums, yellow winter jasmine, and a stem of dusty miller blooms on a sunny December day

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The photo archives of summer on a cold, dark and rainy December day yield visions of color and warmth. My hanging fuchsia basket was a good one!

Ruffled magenta and light pink fuchsia blossoms

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Seattle’s gray weather can start to get to me. Here’s a glimpse of summertime, some blue hydrangeas.

Lacy blue hydrangeas blooming in summertime

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Lichen is so beautiful. How can you not like it? Like frilly gray flowers…

Lacy lichen on a tree trunk in the Seattle area on a wet November day

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