Had a great time vending at the Plant Sale at the Lake Wilderness Arboretum in Maple Valley, WA last weekend. This view of red Japanese maples in the afternoon light looked almost like fall colors.

Backlit Japanese maples in the Lake Wilderness Arboretum in early May

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From my trip to Florida not long ago, on a visit to the Bonnet House and gardens.

Rustic thatched roof on a covered bridge

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Went to see the renovated Seahurst Park in Burien, WA. This forest scene image doesn’t show the new beach they put in, but you don’t see ferns growing on trees everywhere.

Moss and ferns in a springtime woodland scene in the Pacific Northwest

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My Japanese magnolia is almost done. What a ravishingly beautiful tree.

Pink and white Japanese magnolia tree blooming in March in Seattle

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I’ve been sick with that awful bug that’s going around, so here’s a shot from last year’s Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, north of Seattle, WA. This year the warm weather is bringing earlier blooming up there in Skagit County.

Many colors of tulips bloom in the spring Tulip Festival near Mt. Vernon, WA

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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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Sky, water and sunshine at a Ft. Lauderdale, Florida beach.

Waves break on white sandy beach in South Florida, USA

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One of my all-time fave cloudscapes.

Layers of orangey-pink and white clouds in the Florida sky at dusk

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Right across from my house, the pink tree magnificence, at least when the sun comes out. An early spring this year. Sorry, Boston!

A cherry tree in full bloom, with some bare branches behind it

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At the fabulous Flamingo Gardens in Florida there were many peacocks. I have never seen one doing its display before.

Close up of peacock in full display mode

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