My favorite neighborhood Christmas outdoor decor: Santa balloon with penguins, of course.

Santa Claus inflatable holiday decor, with penguins.

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Our kitty Dusty, happy and relaxed on a lap at Christmas.

Dusty kitty at Christmas

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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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I was at my brother’s house in Connecticut. He has a wonderful view of the western sky from his upper window.

Bare tree branches against a sunset sky

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Snow is forecast so I went outside to grab the nasturtiums and whatever else showed some color.

Roses, orange nasturtiums, yellow winter jasmine, and a stem of dusty miller blooms on a sunny December day

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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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We used to have a horse pasture behind our backyard. Those days are gone. Hope Tawny is grazing happily somewhere wonderful.

Light brown rescue horse named Tawny grazes in the winter sunlight

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The days are actually getting longer.

Winter sun sets behind bare tree on hillside

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I’ve had good luck with getting some red amaryllis to rebloom. I treat them like houseplants and give them summers outside on the sunny patio. The geraniums behind it do well that way, too.

Red Lion amaryllis blooms in January indoors

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A mini garden tour yesterday at a friend’s garden in Kent, WA, taking advantage of no rain falling. She has so many beautiful hellebores.

Pale pink hellebores bloom on a wet January day in the Pacific Northwest

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