The beautiful calla lilies are beginning to bloom. Something took a bite out of that leaf!

A perfect white calla lily

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This year my sweetpeas have done so well. I’ve learned that they really do need loose, fertile soil and a lot of sun. Even in this heatwave (Seattle is having a record-breaking five days over 90), they are blooming so beautifully. They seem to be most fragrant in the late afternoons and early evenings, after the sun has faded.

Garden sweetpeas.

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These darling little cyclamen plants bloom in late summer. I think this is Cyclamen colchicum. They like dry shade, quite useful in my Pacific Northwest garden.

Cyclamen colchicum blooming in September

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Aren’t these unusual hollyhocks pretty? Of course, the gardeners at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle know what they are doing.

Pink and red hollyhocks at dusk in the Conservatory, under the whitewashed glass

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Magnolias seem to be beautiful in all stages. This one has lost one petal.

Japanese magnolia blooming in Seattle garden in April

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At a friend’s home, this free-standing, wrought-iron candelabra with glass votives cast a fine shadow.

One candle flame leaps up

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Another image from the Cloisters in New York City. This interior space makes me feel so peaceful.

Natural light in a beautiful colonnaded space in the Cloisters medieval museum in NYC

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When the sun comes out, even the simplest leaves are beautiful in their autumn glory.

Blueberry bush with red autumn leaves, and green fern in the background

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From a trip to Flamingo Gardens in Florida earlier this year.

Deep orange flamingos feed while standing in water, at Flamingo Gardens in Florida

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The cream-colored brugmansias (Angels Trumpets) with their long, twisty buds are now in Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory! I adore them, and the scent is truly of the angels.

Pale brugmansia in late afternoon light begin blooming, with croton in the background

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