I adore peonies. These delicate flowers are from my garden.

Pink peony with bright yellow center

Linking to Our World Tuesday, I Heart Macro Saturday, Macro Monday, Monday Mellow Yellows, Ruby Tuesday 2, Wednesday Around the World (WATW), Thursday Challenge (Beautiful), Floral Friday, My Romantic Home, Today’s Flowers, Pink Saturday, Straight out of the Camera Sunday,  Shadow Shot Sunday 2, and Saturday Show Off. Perhaps while you are here you can try a new tag or category, to the right.

While strolling Burien WA’s Art Walk last week, I saw this mixed blossom bouquet in such an unusual color scheme, sitting in front of a business.

An array of red and yellow flowers including roses, tulips and alstroemeria or Peruvian lily

Connecting to Our World Tuesday, Monday Mellow Yellows, Ruby Tuesday 2, Wednesday Around the World (WATW), Outdoor Wednesday, Floral Friday, Orange You Glad It’s Friday, Today’s Flowers, Pink Saturday, Scenic Weekends, Straight out of the Camera Sunday, and Saturday Show Off. Thanks for dropping by and be sure to come back soon!

The columbines look very good this year. They respond very well to an acid fertilizer in the spring, and the flowers are big and plentiful. Here is one pretty one in a shaft of sunlight, with some rose campion in the foreground.

Yellow and red columbine (aquilegia) in the shade

Linking up with Our World Tuesday, Ruby Tuesday 2, Monday Mellow Yellows, Wednesday Around the World (WATW), Outdoor Wednesday, Floral Friday, Today’s Flowers, My Romantic Home, Pink Saturday, Straight out of the Camera Sunday, Shadow Shot Sunday 2, and Saturday Show Off. I appreciate your visit here, and please do come back soon.

I saw a lot of this yellow plant by the roadside when I lived in Northern California. I know it sometimes goes where it is not wanted, but I am so happy to see its cheerful yellow in the springtime.

Yellow Scotch broom plant at Richmond Beach Park, WA

Joining up at Our World Tuesday, Outdoor Wednesday, Scenic Weekends, Wednesday Around the World (WATW), Skywatch Friday, Monday Mellow Yellows, Floral Friday, Today’s Flowers, Pink Saturday, Shadow Shot Sunday 2, Straight out of the Camera Sunday, and Saturday Show Off. Please click on the Sara’s Fave Photos Blog letters above if you see only one picture here. Thanks!

A fancy kind of abutilon (‘Tiger’s Eye’), with dark purple bud casings. Seen (of course!) at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory.

Red, yellow and orange veins, and a dark, velvety bud casing in this small tropical flower.

Linking up to Our World Tuesday, I Heart Macro Saturday, Macro Monday, Monday Mellow Yellows, Ruby Tuesday 2, Wednesday Around the World (WATW), Orange You Glad It’s Friday, Floral Friday, Today’s Flowers, Straight out of the Camera Sunday, and Saturday Show Off. Please click on the Sara’s Fave Photos Blog letters above to see a few more photos here before you go.

Haven’t posted something from my garden in a bit. The columbines are looking lovely this year. I know that the fertilizing I did earlier helped a lot, since I didn’t do it last year and was sorry.

Pink and yellow columbine blossoms, with forget-me-nots in the background

Connecting up to Our World Tuesday, I Heart Macro Saturday, Macro Monday, Monday Mellow Yellows, Outdoor Wednesday, Wednesday Around the World (WATW), Thursday Challenge (Peaceful), Floral Friday, My Romantic Home, Today’s Flowers, Pink Saturday, Straight out of the Camera Sunday, and Saturday Show Off. Please click on the Sara’s Fave Photos Blog letters above to see a few more photos here before you go. Thank you so much for visiting, and please come back soon.

Some people say cle-MA-tis, and some people say CLEM-uh-tis. They are all beautiful. My gardener friend Sherry (see hostas below) has a simple pink clematis draping over her fence that is pretty darn wonderful.

Pink clematis with yellow centers along a fence

Macro view of clematis vine with pink flowers and yellow centers

Linking to Our World Tuesday, NF Catching the Light Monday, I Heart Macro Saturday, Macro Monday, Monday Mellow Yellows, Outdoor Wednesday, Wednesday Around the World (WATW), Floral Friday, Today’s Flowers, Pink Saturday, Scenic Weekends, Straight out of the Camera Sunday, and Saturday Show Off. Please click on the Sara’s Fave Photos Blog letters above to see a few more photos here before you go. Thank you so much for visiting and please come back soon.

Here’s another new notecard, a spray of unusual phalaenopsis orchids. All ten notecard images are from my book, “Flowers of Volunteer Park Conservatory.”

Red and magenta orchids with yellow edges and spots at the Volunteer Park Conservatory

Visit Our World Tuesday, Ruby Tuesday 2, Monday Mellow Yellows, Thursday Challenge (Closeup), Today’s Flowers, Floral Friday, I Heart Macro Saturday, Pink Saturday, Macro Monday, and Saturday Show Off. Please click on the Sara’s Fave Photos Blog letters above if you’d like to see a few more photos. Thanks for visiting and please come back soon!

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

Joining up with Our World Tuesday, Monday Mellow Yellows, Floral Friday, Scenic Weekends, NF Catching the Light Monday, Skywatch Friday, Orange You Glad It’s Friday, Today’s Flowers, Straight out of the Camera Sunday, Shadow Shot Sunday 2, Outdoor Wednesday, Pink Saturday, and Saturday Show Off. Hope you enjoyed your visit here and see you again soon!

A fine bucket of tulips, at the Pike Place Market.

A big bunch of red tulips with delicate yellow edges at Seattle’s Pike Place Market

Check out Our World Tuesday, Floral Friday, Today’s Flowers, I Heart Macro Saturday, Macro Monday, Monday Mellow Yellows, Ruby Tuesday 2, Pink Saturday, Straight out of the Camera Sunday, and Saturday Show Off. Thanks for visiting and hope to see you again soon!