Another photo from my April birthday this year, the columnar apple tree in my backyard. These blossoms are now applesauce in my freezer!

Pink and white apple blossoms in spring sunshine

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Back to the archives, from April. My birthday, in fact. I love the big pink dogwood tree in my backyard, next to the magnolia tree not quite blooming yet.

Pink dogwood blooms in April in Seattle. Rain is coming!

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Fall becomes winter, a bit early in Seattle.

Snow makes white cap on pumpkin

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Browsing through the archives for June, I found this image. It does look almost wintery, but look at all those leaves on the silhouetted branches!

Dark gray clouds advance across the sky

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From last summer at the Arboretum in Seattle, a large tree with very mossy roots.

Seattle Arboretum scene of tree roots with moss in late spring

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The coral bark maple at my driveway has such yellow leaves!

Coral bark Japanese maple tree leaves turns bright yellow in the fall

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More pretty leaves.

Yellow Japanese maple leaves with red edges in autumn rain

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Have I mentioned that it’s been raining for quite a while? Here’s a sky from the other side of the year, in May.

Sunny springtime sky with white puffy clouds

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It’s always good to look up, even at night, even in a parking lot.

Trees with yellow leaves, at night

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More colorful fall goodness.

Red maple leaves wet with rain

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