It’s been weirdly warm in our part of the world, hellebores and minor bulbs shooting out of the ground with… Read more early spring
Tag: flowers
tulips
Even after all these years of living in Skagit Valley, tulip season is strange and surreal. Actually I think it… Read more tulips
blooming
The Cymbidium orchid in my kitchen window has been blooming its head off this winter. The flowers look particularly wonderful… Read more blooming
signs of spring
I always love this moment in mid-January when it starts to feel like spring. Never mind that we will certainly… Read more signs of spring
Sunday spider
Happy Sunday evening! How about a cute lil garden spider? Or if that doesn’t do it for you, some flowers… Read more Sunday spider
blowout
I know that it’s not considered good form to overexpose or blow out photographs on purpose, but sometimes I do… Read more blowout
roses and other signs of June
It’s the middle of June, which for once has actually been occasionally June-like around here (although admittedly it’s raining right… Read more roses and other signs of June
spring colors
Because when the sun shines in spring and the garden leaps into bloom, you just have to go out with… Read more spring colors
tulip season
This past week has been the height of the tulip bloom here in Skagit. I’d been driving back and forth… Read more tulip season
daffs and swans
Fields of daffodils, snow on the hills, swans on the wing. This is a pretty place.