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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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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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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Happy New Year! Here’s to a fabulous 2016 for us all.

Forest path, with sunlight. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Welcome to 2016!

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From my visit to the Cloisters in New York City last month, some birds singing.

The courtyard medicinal garden at the Cloisters in New York City

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The Pacific Northwest grows holly very well. Christmas in the landscape!

Holly with red berries growing

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This rose is from the OTHER solstice, the summer one, but I show it with a nod to our Down Under friends. For us in the throes of darkness in the Northern Hemisphere, here is an image to remind us that as the earth tips tonight, it is bringing us ever closer to the light.

Peace rose against a blue sky at the Summer Solstice

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From a couple of years ago at the fabulous Victorian Christmas display at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory, a red chair for Santa.

Red chair for Santa Claus, next to poinsettias, electric trains, and Christmas trees decorated with lights and bows

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Feeling nostalgic for SUMMER at the Conservatory in Seattle. This was taken at its Centennial Celebration in August, 2012.

Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory in summertime

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