One of the first roses to bloom this year in my garden is a David Austin rose, Carding Mill. The weather is still quite cool and rainy in Seattle, and my fifteen different rosebushes are taking their time to bloom.

Apricot colored, almost orange, Carding Mill rose with soft shadows and a raindrop or two.

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Rain is back, but at least it’s light out later.

Raindrops on nodding pansy petals in a blue planter

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I adore gardenias. They were my mother’s favorite flower.

Raindrops only add to the perfection of this intensely fragrant gardenia blossom.

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This Peace rose and bud is from the middle of May, last year. Only four months away!

Raindrops glisten on a blushing Peace rose, and bud just showing color, in the May garden

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In my front yard, a blush coral tulip after some rain.

Rosy pink-orange tulip with shiny raindrops

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The Seattle Design Center in Georgetown has some of the most magnificent pink trees I’ve ever seen. They are planting new ones, but they look so puny compared to the old giants. The first view is from inside the skybridge, which you can see in the second photo.

Pink trees line the streets, seen from the Seattle Design Center on a rainy day

Huge old pink blossom trees at the Seattle Design Center

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From my June rose garden, a rainy rose opening just for you.

Multi-hued rosebud opening in the summer rain

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It rained yesterday and it was gentle enough to just bejewel the roses.

Peace rose with water droplets

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I posted a similar photo a number of years ago but you don’t mind seeing it again, do you? This columnar apple tree was in my backyard in a pot.

Sentinel columnar apple tree’s fruit, in the rain

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I know I am not the first person to notice that raindrops can look like jewels, but really . . . don’t they?

Raindrops on collard greens in the garden

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