On my kitchen table oilcloth, a blossom on Christmas cactus. Don’t you love the delicate edges of color?

Pink and white Christmas cactus casts a shadow on a November day

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From the June 1 folder, peonies growing in my garden:

A swirl of peony petals and some spherical buds, in pink

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Time for a visit to June: a bouquet of pink peonies from my garden.

Pink peonies with many petals and yellow centers, in a bouquet

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Yesterday I went outside to bring in all the plants that needed to come in ahead of the arctic weather we’re having right now, and took a few minutes to enjoy the bright sunshine and the last, last flowers blooming.

Small magenta/red and purple hardy fuchsia flowers still blooming in mid-November.

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From a couple of weeks ago, the last garden flowers in a while.

Dahlias, cosmos and roses in a late summer bouquet

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I took this photo because of the pretty center that looks a bit like a baby bird beak, and only realized when I reviewed the photo in my computer that there was a baby slug taking a drink!

Baby slug sips from the watery center of a bromeliad plant

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Some pretty pink dahlias in my backyard, getting wet.

Pink dahlias with white tips, drenched in the rain

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Another archive photo, but good in any season, a display of colorful African baskets at a farm stand in Skagit Valley, WA.

Colorful striped baskets handmade in Africa for sale in far-away Washington State.

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Another April Skagit Valley tulip shot from the archives. I really like this one.

Magenta tulips in a field in Skagit Valley, Washington

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It’s from the opposite side of the year, so maybe tulips are blooming now in Australia? In any case, a visit to my tulip archive yielded this cheerful picture.

Pink tulips with magenta edges bloomed in Skajit County Tulip Fest in April

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