In my front yard, a blush coral tulip after some rain.

Rosy pink-orange tulip with shiny raindrops

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These sweet little flowers come up every spring in my garden. Smaller than regular tulips (which they aren’t really), they do have their own charm.

Checkered tulip (fritillaria) naturalizes if happy in the garden.

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The bleeding heart (decentra) begins to bloom in my garden.

Pink and white bleeding heart flowers start to bloom

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More backyard magnolia magnificence.

Pink and white Japanese magnolia lifts its face to the sun

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It’s been an early spring in the Pacific Northwest, and we so appreciate it!

Pink and white Japanese magnolia begin to bloom against a blue sky

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I don’t usually have difficulty choosing one image to post, but sometimes I just can’t decide. The one with the sun showing, or not?

Plum tree blooming against a sunny springtime sky

Plum blossoms on the tree in springtime

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In front of my house yesterday, the old-fashioned forsythia in full bloom.

Bright yellow blooms of the forsythia shrub bloom in early spring

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This sky was over my house last week.

Golden orange light glows at sunset in a winter sky in Seattle

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The sun came out today, after a long gray spell. Perfect Christmas Day!

Ornaments hang from an indoor Xmas tree while old cedar basks in sun outside

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Peonies always enchant me with their sense of veiled promise, and that perfume. Here’s a macro view of one for my fans of monochrome images:

Many ruffled petals in this close up of a peony blossom

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