From late last summer, a look at some colorful dahlias, courtesy Pike Place Market in Seattle.

A rainbow of colors in a mass of late-summer dahlias

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I don’t know why I like this one so much; from a June sky.

Streetlights come on as the night draws nigh, with pink clouds

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From my June 2013 garden…

Dark red Asiatic lily blooming in June in my Seattle garden

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A couple of years ago everything came together in my back yard. Here’s to June and flowers!

A rainbow of flowers bloom in the June garden in the Pacific Northwest

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A view of a summer evening sky with clouds, overlooking Puget Sound in Washington.

Evergreen trees look out over sky and water in the Pacific Northwest

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August evening in the Pacific Northwest.

Candle in a cut-glass holder at the shore of Puget Sound on a summer evening

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This small painting, Three Peaches on a Plate by Henri Fantin-Latour, was painted in 1868, almost 150 years ago. I saw it at the Seattle Art Museum Impressionism show. I think it was my favorite painting there.

Inpressionist painter Fantin-Latour’s small oil of peaches on a plate, in a fancy gold frame

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From the other side of the year, peonies from my garden.

Pink and white peonies in a glass vase on a black glass tabletop

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Happy New Year! Here’s to a fabulous 2016 for us all.

Forest path, with sunlight. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Welcome to 2016!

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Sometimes this time of year makes me dip into the sunshine archives. From the other side of the year, in my front yard:

Light pink lavender plant, and purple lavender plant, in the rose garden

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