They're back! A flock of daffodils on a rainy day spreads a little sunshine. A yearly neighborhood treat.
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My friend Kelly took some photos of the flowering cherries in the University of Wahington's upper campus quad, and said I could share a couple
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Amelanchier x grandiflora, downy serviceberry, has beautiful pink to white flowers and downy sage colored stems. It's a lovely, unusual looking small street tree which has a showy display of vivid colors in fall.
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Another walk, another flower. This bergenia looks pretty happy.
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We happened upon yellow rosebay or yellow rhododendron, struck by sunlight, a burst of brightness
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Apple tree blooming with lichen
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Green and purple hellebores in front of the local Catholic school.
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Look at all the tiny leaves getting ready to unfurl. Bracken fern fiddlehead (Pteridium aquilinum) in Cowen Park, Seattle, WA
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Backlit hellebores
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Luscious vanilla
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Some yellows seen while walking the dog this morning (in the wind). He loves cold weather and wind. Maybe we should move to the North Pole. Meanwhile I hope you're not allergic to willow pollen.
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Lunch time cumulus clouds heading east. I read that these indicate fair weather. Ha. They were piling up against the mountains and produced a hailstorm and downpour and wind this afternoon.
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I think silk tassel bush (Garrya elliptica) is hard to photograph because at least this year the catkins are so plentiful they look more like grayish strings tossed on the shrubs. However, a close up of the male plant's catkins shows a profusion of anthers entangled with each other on a long chain of gray to pink flowers.
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Early rhododendrons making a fine display on a drizzly day (yes, rhodies, they have 10 or more stamens)
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Camellia time in the PNW
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Spring colors: the tattered leaves are shifting from winter red to green. The flower buds are shifting fron rose to yellow. Tall Oregon grape (Mahonia aquifolium) #Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #MapleLeafPark #BloomScroll

Pieris bush with cascades of flowers down to the ground. On a sunny day. It's rainy and cold today, and my cold weather greens are happy. #SeattleSpring #Photography #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood

Rerun: spring is springing! Baby cottonwood leaves glow in April of 2024
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Virburnums of all kinds like this climate. Late February bloomer looks like early spring with white and pink buds and small delicate flowers.
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