Went to a great event at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory on Valentine’s Day. What a fine place for some wine, jazz and a selfie!

Great place for a selfie in Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory Valentine’s Day event

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There was a sunbreak recently (a very Seattle thing) and I went outside to work in the garden. The bulbs are starting! Behind the tulip sprouts are bluebells starting up.

Tulip sprouts emerging in early February in Seattle

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From late last summer, a look at some colorful dahlias, courtesy Pike Place Market in Seattle.

A rainbow of colors in a mass of late-summer dahlias

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The days are actually getting longer.

Winter sun sets behind bare tree on hillside

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I’ve had good luck with getting some red amaryllis to rebloom. I treat them like houseplants and give them summers outside on the sunny patio. The geraniums behind it do well that way, too.

Red Lion amaryllis blooms in January indoors

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A mini garden tour yesterday at a friend’s garden in Kent, WA, taking advantage of no rain falling. She has so many beautiful hellebores.

Pale pink hellebores bloom on a wet January day in the Pacific Northwest

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From my June 2013 garden…

Dark red Asiatic lily blooming in June in my Seattle garden

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A couple of years ago everything came together in my back yard. Here’s to June and flowers!

A rainbow of flowers bloom in the June garden in the Pacific Northwest

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From the other side of the year, peonies from my garden.

Pink and white peonies in a glass vase on a black glass tabletop

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Sometimes this time of year makes me dip into the sunshine archives. From the other side of the year, in my front yard:

Light pink lavender plant, and purple lavender plant, in the rose garden

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