A bouquet of red and white fringed tulips, starting to fade.

Red and white parrot tulip with deep fringes, against a black background

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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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Huge, breathtaking glass floral forms overhead in the atrium at the Chihuly Garden and Glass museum in Seattle. Don’t they look like sea creatures? #chihuly

Undulating floral forms overhead in the atrium at the Chihuly glass garden in Seattle

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A scene at the Flamingo Gardens in Florida.

Statue of the Buddha holding cactus and a frangipani blossom

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At Flamingo Gardens near Ft. Lauderdale in Florida, there were lots of…flamingos! Does anyone know the name of the white birds? Later: American White Ibis. Thanks, Kitty!

Colorful flamingos and ibises drinking at a water hole

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In South Florida at the Bonnet House in Ft. Lauderdale, a supremely yellow house.

At the Bonnet House and Gardens, a yellow house with bright yellow trim and a staircase outside.

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In front of my house yesterday, the old-fashioned forsythia in full bloom.

Bright yellow blooms of the forsythia shrub bloom in early spring

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Yet another ravishing flower from the recent Northwest Flower & Garden Show. Do enter NWFGS in the search field at right for more lovelies.

Red and yellow spotted orchids. Even the bud has spots!

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Hard to know what to call this image, but I love it! Taken from the car while my friend was driving, stopped at one of the LONG traffic lights, this symphony in primary colors really makes me happy.

Red and yellow umbrellas, green building and bright blue skies in Southern Florida

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