Magnolias seem to be beautiful in all stages. This one has lost one petal.

Japanese magnolia blooming in Seattle garden in April

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There was a sunbreak. The tree on the left is a Japanese magnolia showing how the hard rain we had knocked a lot of the petals off, and on the right is pink dogwood, getting ready to bloom. In front are three hydrangeas, just sticks still, and a red azalea just starting.

The embodiment of Springtime: pink trees

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On my birthday last week, we took a ferry boat ride to Port Orchard, WA.

Clouds and water view on Puget Sound in Washington State

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The outer one is faint, but there. Happy Springtime!

Double rainbow over Burien, WA

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We had a brief sunbreak.

Old-fashioned golden yellow forsythia, happy in the sunshine

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The sky over my house, taken on that marvelous sunny Sunday we had. Raining right now, again.

Layers of white clouds over a brilliant blue March sky

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Here are only a couple of the dozens and dozens of cranes decorating the Seattle, WA skyline at dusk recently.

The iconic Seattle Space Needle, seen with cranes from Denny Ave., with Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains in the distance.

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Rain. Fog. Repeat.

Bare apple tree branches, with evergreens in the distance

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This is a real water lily plant at Longwood Gardens, outside of Philadelphia. The sign said Longwood Hybrid Water-Platter Victoria ‘Longwood Hybrid.’

Water-Platter water lily plant in outdoor pool at Longwood Gardens

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The positive part of air travel:

View of Philadelphia from the air

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