Happy New Year, dear readers! May 2017 bring us all peace, joy, health and abundance.

Puffy clouds reflected on a calm Puget Sound, in Washington near Seattle

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Visiting my cousin recently in Philadelphia on a snowy day, I marveled that her Christmas cactus was actually blooming right before Christmas. I think I have a Halloween cactus at my house.

Two-tone magenta Christmas cactus blooms with snow outside

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Last spring I was in Longwood Gardens outside of Philadelphia. Enjoy the light, as we are in our gray weather now, here in Seattle.

Huge old white dogwood tree in Longwood Gardens, PA

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It hasn’t snowed this year yet, but I thought I’d post this scene of my back yard from a few years back, before a house was built beyond the fence. Scenic to the max!

Snow on evergreens in the Pacific Northwest

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No fun going out in the wind and rain, so here are some more roses.

Mixed garden roses in a bouquet

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Saw this remarkable house in Edmonds, WA. Guess an artist lives there!

Entire outer wall of home in Edmonds, WA is covered in multi-colored fabric art.

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It’s still raining, so I’m glad I cut my roses.

Different colors of garden roses on a gray background

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The weather in Seattle is supposed to get seriously rainy, after some very fine fall weather. The only thing to do is go out and cut all the open roses for bouquets, because they’ll only get destroyed. Bonus image below of the bouquets!

Cut the open roses in my garden ahead of the rain coming

And here are the bouquets they made, on my kitchen counter.

Garden roses smell so heavenly. These bouquets will go throughout the house.

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There’s a neat garden area in downtown Edmonds, WA that is planted so beautifully. At this time of year, I was amazed to see so many blooming and unusual plants, all beautifully tended. Many were identified, as well! Kudos to Edmonds.

Such a pretty and strange looking flower, about 2 inches (5 cm) across.

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Feeding into Lake Cushman, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, this little waterfall is still going strong even in September.

Moss and ferns grow near small waterfall in late summer

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