I took this photo because of the pretty center that looks a bit like a baby bird beak, and only realized when I reviewed the photo in my computer that there was a baby slug taking a drink!

Baby slug sips from the watery center of a bromeliad plant

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Some pretty pink dahlias in my backyard, getting wet.

Pink dahlias with white tips, drenched in the rain

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Possibly the last rose of summer, this coral beauty from my mid-October garden makes me happy.

Coral pink Camelot rose, in mid-October in Seattle

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Another April Skagit Valley tulip shot from the archives. I really like this one.

Magenta tulips in a field in Skagit Valley, Washington

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It’s from the opposite side of the year, so maybe tulips are blooming now in Australia? In any case, a visit to my tulip archive yielded this cheerful picture.

Pink tulips with magenta edges bloomed in Skajit County Tulip Fest in April

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Since it was going to rain all week, I just went out and got all the flowers I could.

Garden roses and dahlias in a bouquet

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Rain has begun, but I cut the roses first.

Peace and other roses in a bouquet

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This is my little carniverous Cape Sundew (drosera capensis) plant that I got to help with fruit flies in my kitchen. The plant is about as wide as my hand, and the flower stem is almost a foot tall! I don’t know that it traps all that many fruit flies, but it’s cute, and I was thrilled when it recently began to flower. As instructed, I keep the saucer half filled with water, in part sun, and it seems to be happy. Bonus: TWO photos this post!

Cape Sundew (drosera capensis) on my windowsill with a few tiny fruit flies in its feathery leaves. The flower stem is at upper right.

Tiny pink Cape Sundew flowers, each less than half an inch (1 cm) on a stem about 12″ tall.  Only one flower blooms at a time.

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At the last day before the recent temporary closure to complete the restoration at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory (reopening Dec. 6!), these purple vanda orchids did their amazing thing.

Backlit vanda orchids show an almost plaid pattern at the Volunteer Park Conservatory

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Hydrangeas are some of my top fave flowers, blooming all summer and even looking good into the fall.

Hydrangea blooms with fall color

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