The rain is good, the green earth loves it so much.

Water droplets show a little upside down tree if you look closely

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Rain in December isn’t so bad.

Christmas lights reflecting on my driveway in the rain.

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Just a day or so ago the rain and wind picked up and the leaves began to fall in earnest. The next day they were all gone.

The very last leaves fly from the trees in my front yard

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Autumn leaves floating in a plant saucer. We leave it out as a sort of birdbath for critters. In the spring it attracted a pair of mallard ducks!

Star-shaped Japanese maple leaves float in rainwater

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Seattle certainly has been having a cool and rainy spring and summer, so far. The way roses look after a light rain, however, is priceless.

Rosebud after a light rain

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The neighbor who goes all out with holiday decorations added some more this year. (The post below, from a few years ago, was taken from closer up.)

Christmas lights, reflected

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I know this is similar to a post last week, but it’s so pretty!

Lace cap hydrangeas in the entry of the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle

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Went for a walk today, between the showers.

Rain drops hanging on the twigs of a coral bark maple tree

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We had drizzle the last few days. The new plants got a break, the established ones are still thirsty, but the roses became bejewelled. NOTE: I am going off line for a couple of weeks. See you all when I get back. Check back early June for more pretty pictures!

Raindrops on a new lavender rose in my garden

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The warm fall has created some interesting garden anomalies. Here’s a rain-soaked October forsythia blossom!

A single fall bloom of forsythia, in the rain

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