I had to get up before dawn yesterday (ugh!) but was so rewarded by the clouds and colors on Mt. Rainier at the viewpoint near my house. What a lucky weather event in this fog, clouds and rain we’ve been having.

Mt. Rainier at dawn on a fall morning

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I feel such frustration when the light is good and I can’t go outside and find something glorious in it to photograph. But sometimes gray light has its compensations. This maple tree was in a parking lot.

Fall color comes to some maple leaves

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The leaves are so beautiful now. Even when I can’t take the time to drive around and find scenic vistas like I’d like to, just a quick stroll around the neighborhood shows such brilliance at this time of year.

Autumn color in a laceleaf Japanese maple tree

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One of the late-blooming flowers in my garden is the hardy fuchsia. These small flowers, only an inch or so big (3 cm), just keep on going. Last winter wasn’t too cold so this year the branches didn’t have to start from scratch, and the plant is about tall as my waist. In all the fog Seattle has been having, the color sure looks good to me.

Magenta and purple hardy fuchsia in the fall garden

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This dew-jeweled spider web was so pretty the other morning. I appreciated the scenic red bush behind it.

Morning dew decorates a spider web in front of a very red bush

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These coleus plants are growing near my front door. I grew them from seed, which is surprisingly easy, as seeds go. If you find the seeds, don’t be afraid to try it. It’s time to take cuttings indoors to root in water, for bigger plants next year. They are very frost tender and hate the cold weather but do fine as houseplants if they have good light.

Colorful coleus plant leaves of red and burgundy, with frilly green edges

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This photo is by Jacinta Moore and if I could have figured out a way to ask her permission I would have, and I sure hope she doesn’t mind. I love this image! But check out her Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bawkbawk/. And by the way, did you know that Google Images has a reverse search for the author of an image that you have the link to? You go to the Google Images main page, and in the search bar is a little image of a camera. Click on it, then enter the URL of the photo you are trying to search for and most of the time it finds where it came from. Thanks, Lila!

Many small cacti, all in bloom, by Jacinta Moore.

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A lot has died back in the yard (goodbye lemon cucumbers) but some things are actually going pretty strong. This red and white dahlia blossom with almost cup-like petals is still doing its perky, cheerful thing in my garden.

Red and white dahlia in the October garden

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Not too many flowers blooming around the neighborhood right now, so I’m posting an image for our Southern hemisphere friends: cherry blossoms from the opposite season, from a tree close to my old house in Des Moines, WA.

Cherry blossoms on a tree in the Pacific Northwest in April

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Went outside and even though the weather was cloudy, the colors of the leaves are fabulous. I love the autumn colors so much. I also love this post and am calling it my Best Post of the Week.

Korean dogwood leaves begin to turn color in mid-October

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