Blooming today outside the Seattle Design Center:

Simple white hellebore with a yellow center blooms in January in Seattle

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I saw this note on a planter outside of a Starbucks in West Seattle. Thank you to whoever did this.

#notesoflove don’t forget how great you are

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Even in January, some signs of spring to come. Beginnings!

Tender green sprouts of daffodils emerge in January in Seattle

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A friend has chickens!

Young brown and black laying hen with a red comb

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Another black and white photo. This can get addictive.

Pale lilies and white spoon mums in a black and white bouquet

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Here’s a wonderful idea for the new year: Starting January 1, write good things that happen to you on little pieces of paper.

• Surprise gifts
• Accomplished goals
• The beauty of nature
• “LOL” moments
• Memories worth saving
• Daily blessings

Then on Dec. 31, open the jar and read all the amazing things that happened to you this year.

Create a memory jar for the year. So fun to read at the end of the year!

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This golden yellow is a more unusual color of bird of paradise, usually more orange. Talk about a showy flower! Taken at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory, of course.

Warm yellow-orange and blue spikes on this tropical bird of paradise flower

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Happy New Year! May your year be filled with fragrance, beauty, and deep happiness. I really love this image and I am calling it my weekly Top Shot.

Bouquet of white hyacinths on a black background

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In the Pacific Northwest, our mild climate means some things are actually blooming in late December, if you look hard enough.

Tiny white and pink flowers in bud, beginning to open

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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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