The bleeding heart (decentra) begins to bloom in my garden.

Pink and white bleeding heart flowers start to bloom

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More backyard magnolia magnificence.

Pink and white Japanese magnolia lifts its face to the sun

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It’s been an early spring in the Pacific Northwest, and we so appreciate it!

Pink and white Japanese magnolia begin to bloom against a blue sky

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I don’t usually have difficulty choosing one image to post, but sometimes I just can’t decide. The one with the sun showing, or not?

Plum tree blooming against a sunny springtime sky

Plum blossoms on the tree in springtime

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At Flamingo Gardens near Ft. Lauderdale in Florida, there were lots of…flamingos! Does anyone know the name of the white birds? Later: American White Ibis. Thanks, Kitty!

Colorful flamingos and ibises drinking at a water hole

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In South Florida at the Bonnet House in Ft. Lauderdale, a supremely yellow house.

At the Bonnet House and Gardens, a yellow house with bright yellow trim and a staircase outside.

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This structure is enormous and the statues are over life size. Beautiful way to keep the waters calm, at Vizcaya in South Florida.

Statues and coral rock adorn the breakwater at Vizcaya

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In front of my house yesterday, the old-fashioned forsythia in full bloom.

Bright yellow blooms of the forsythia shrub bloom in early spring

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South Florida’s Vizcaya Museum and Gardens sure has some pretty scenes. If only I could tag this as My Garden!

Arch with wrought iron gate at Vizcaya in Florida

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Hard to know what to call this image, but I love it! Taken from the car while my friend was driving, stopped at one of the LONG traffic lights, this symphony in primary colors really makes me happy.

Red and yellow umbrellas, green building and bright blue skies in Southern Florida

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