We had one sunny, warm day. One. But it was perfection, and here in Seattle, everyone surely appreciated it. I went outside and my tulips were in full bloom.

Orange tulips bloom against a blue sky

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Here’s another image from the same Connecticut park as the scene below. Early spring is the sweetest season.

Forsythia and a beckoning bench in the spring sunshine

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This pretty late-afternoon scene of peace roses in my front yard was taken last July. Summertime and its roses is only a few short months away.

Late on a July afternoon, a Peace rose blooms in my garden

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The supermarket near me had a special on primroses, ten for $10, and I went for it. Multi-colored, long blooming, and sometimes they even return the following year—what’s not to like about primroses?

Red, yellow, pink and white primroses with crinkly leaves wait to be planted

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A dear friend brought some orange roses. Just a bouquet from the store, but still so lovely on my kitchen table, in the soft, spring afternoon light. I love this image and am calling it my weekly Top Shot.

Peachy orange florist rose, so pretty in a bouquet

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Feeling like summer is pulling me towards it. This was my yard in September.

Late afternoon sunshine makes shadows with a wooden backyard bench

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I have a south window in my living room, so I took some geraniums indoors last fall. Why not? Here they are in a sunbreak (that’s a Seattle term) last week, looking out at my backyard.

Red and peach geraniums bloom on a windowsill indoors

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I have an indoor gardening success. Not only did my red amaryllis rebloom, this year it pushed up a second flower (on a much shorter stem) after the first one faded! I was flabbergasted.

Second flower after first bloom on red amaryllis bulb

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This is the last gasp of my sweet Valentine’s Day tulips, perfect as they fade away.

Tulip blossom with red petals and fringed white edges, and pistil and stamens casting a tiny shadow

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It’s been pretty gray and I haven’t managed to get outside much when the sun did peek through, so it’s back to the archives for a blast of sunshine. Dahlias are such summer stunners.

Yellow dahlias with pink tips bask in the late summer sunlight in the garden

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