This was a potted specimen on a porch is Seattle, and I swear this was the color. I have NEVER seen such brilliant red foliage on a plant.

For more ravishing reds, visit Ruby Tuesday. For more brilliant color of all kinds, visit Color Carnival.

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The yellow of these leaves is really a very mellow shade, don’t you think? Took this photo a couple of weeks ago, but it’s so perfect for today’s meme. We’ve since had a windstorm, so maybe those branches are bare now. Autumn is glorious, but brief.

Visit Mellow Yellow Monday for more ochre of all kinds.

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This was in a garden I visited last month. It’s been typical fall (gray) weather in Seattle for the last week or two and this kind of brilliant sunshine seems far, far away. For more shadows seen with awakened eye, visit Shadow Shot Sunday. And for more scenic shots, visit Scenic Sunday.

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Here is how Seattle looked not that long ago as I approached it from the south. Happy Skywatch Friday!

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The other morning the rose bed in front of the house was all foggy looking, just for a few minutes. That’s my neighbor’s planting in the background. We are putting tulips around the edges of the rose bed for the springtime, before the roses get going, and planted them just in time for the recent rain to bless the bulbs.

For more views of all kinds of wetness, visit Watery Wednesday.

These red, red bushes were in a beautiful old neighborhood of Seattle, Capitol Hill. I pulled the car over and took the shot. I think the front one might be called Burning Bush. For more scenic visions around the world, visit Scenic Sunday. And this color brilliance deserves a visit with Color Carnival, too.

A recent view of Seattle’s Puget Sound with a ferry coming into dock, very late in the day. The quality is not so great, but out of the car window at cruising speed, in low light, well, it’s amazing what these little cameras can do. For skies seen around the world, visit Skywatch Friday.

Beauty’s a pretty broad concept, and of course mine has flowers in it. This is from August, from my bedroom window. The horse’s name is Ranger, boarded in the neighbor’s pasture, and the flowers I planted with my own little hands. To me, a scene like this gives me feelings I can’t describe, so I guess I’ll call it beauty.

For more interpretations of the idea of Beauty, visit Thursday Challenge.

This is one of my very top faves, taken just a few weeks ago. It’s straight out of the camera, too (most of these blog posts are, but this one really looks fake!) and I just like it a lot. Hope you do, too.

For more scintillating shadows seen, visit Shadow Shot Sunday. Have a sibilant day!

Driving home from a meeting, still in the parking lot, I looked up and there was a photo, practically like Arizona, somehow. I’ve been totally loving the blue, blue skies we’ve had this year. In my six years in the Seattle area, this far and away the sunniest weather we’ve had. I feel so lucky.

Visit Skywatch Friday for other fabulous local skies. And don’t forget to look up!