Had a great time vending at the Plant Sale at the Lake Wilderness Arboretum in Maple Valley, WA last weekend. This view of red Japanese maples in the afternoon light looked almost like fall colors.

Backlit Japanese maples in the Lake Wilderness Arboretum in early May

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This is in my backyard.

Pink dogwood tree in full bloom, with red rhododendrons in the foreground

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Went to see the renovated Seahurst Park in Burien, WA. This forest scene image doesn’t show the new beach they put in, but you don’t see ferns growing on trees everywhere.

Moss and ferns in a springtime woodland scene in the Pacific Northwest

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I got a new camera, another little Canon, the PowerShot 120. I don’t know all the features yet, but took it out in my yard. I like it!

Sun beams on a flowering apple tree, a cherry (left) and plum tree. Bluebells and an iris bud are in the foreground.

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Thought you’d like to see a picture of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, in the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. I visited at this time of year a few years ago. What a great spring scene!

Springtime in New York at the Haupt Conservatory in the NYBG

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A spring shadows and reflections scene in Belltown, Seattle.

Large tree leaves reflected in old building’s windows

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My Japanese magnolia is almost done. What a ravishingly beautiful tree.

Pink and white Japanese magnolia tree blooming in March in Seattle

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Last year’s visit to the Evergreen Arboretum & Gardens was a lovely spring day just about this time of year.

Hostas and other plants in an early spring garden

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I’ve been sick with that awful bug that’s going around, so here’s a shot from last year’s Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, north of Seattle, WA. This year the warm weather is bringing earlier blooming up there in Skagit County.

Many colors of tulips bloom in the spring Tulip Festival near Mt. Vernon, WA

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Here’s a very springlike display from last year at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory, on the first day of spring. #vpc #springflowers

Pretty spring flowers, indoors and out, at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory

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