These peach daylilies with faintly striped petals are the very first to bloom in my garden.

Peach daylily with yellow throat after a gentle rain

Participating in Pink Saturday, Monday Mellow Yellows, Our World Tuesday, I Heart Macro Saturday, Macro Monday, Outdoor Wednesday, Water World Wednesday, Garden Party Thursday, NF Blo-Ma Tuesday, Today’s Flowers, Floral Friday, My Romantic Home, and Saturday Show Off. Thank you so much for visiting here and please come back soon.

This pretty Oregon iris (iris tenax) was growing in front of a little museum near Alki beach, near Seattle. The flowers are about ankle height and the blooms are 3 or 4 inches across (10 cm. or so). It’s a new one to me.

Purple and white Oregon iris

Participating in a new photo meme, Reconnect With Nature Wednesday, plus Our World Tuesday, Outdoor Wednesday, Straight out of the Camera Sunday, I Heart Macro Saturday, Macro Monday, Garden Party Thursday, NF Blo-Ma Tuesday, Monday Mellow Yellows, Today’s Flowers, Floral Friday, and Saturday Show Off. Thanks for visiting here and be sure to click around and find something new.

We’ve had sunny weather for a week. I planted pea seeds (and nicked and soaked the sweet pea seeds to plant tomorrow) and took the usual stroll to see what has come up. Crocus!

For more flowers in general, you’ll always enjoy Flowers For Today, and do visit Blooming Friday when you get the chance. What about more macros at Macro Monday?

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Here’a a shadow shot of my friend’s sofa in the Bronx, New York. For more interesting shadows of all kinds, visit Shadow Shot Sunday, aka Hey Harriet.

This was taken in March at the other house, and the light in it seems so bright and clear on this dim January day today. But I read the sun rises at 7:44 and sets at 5:00 tomorrow, so we’re up to over nine hours of daylight, up from a mere 8 at solstice. The days do lengthen, but so slowly.

For more fascinating shadows, click HERE.

A late August day on the way to Burning Man Arts Festival in Black Rock Nevada, stopped to rest a bit. For other shadows of all sorts, click HERE.