Yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far, over 70 degrees F and sunny. And it was my birthday! I celebrated by going outside and smelling the lilacs all blooming.

Close up of lilac panicle with double flowers

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Yesterday the apple trees began to bloom. I hope there are still apple flowers blooming when the rain stops next week.

Pink and white apple blossoms

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I got a new camera, another little Canon, the PowerShot 120. I don’t know all the features yet, but took it out in my yard. I like it!

Sun beams on a flowering apple tree, a cherry (left) and plum tree. Bluebells and an iris bud are in the foreground.

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Hope you are not tired of tulips. See the snow in the distance in this one? Here are many rows of colorful tulips in the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, a perfect illustration of the laws of perspective.

Rows of tulips converge at a point on the horizon

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Thought you’d like to see a picture of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, in the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. I visited at this time of year a few years ago. What a great spring scene!

Springtime in New York at the Haupt Conservatory in the NYBG

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A spring shadows and reflections scene in Belltown, Seattle.

Large tree leaves reflected in old building’s windows

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A bouquet of red and white fringed tulips, starting to fade.

Red and white parrot tulip with deep fringes, against a black background

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My Japanese magnolia is almost done. What a ravishingly beautiful tree.

Pink and white Japanese magnolia tree blooming in March in Seattle

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From last year’s visit to he Skagit Valley tulip festival, north of Seattle: a row of tulip goodness.

Blood red tulips with white edges bloom where they’re planted

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Last year’s visit to the Evergreen Arboretum & Gardens was a lovely spring day just about this time of year.

Hostas and other plants in an early spring garden

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