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After all the rain we’ve gotten, the nasturtiums leaves have grown huge! Biggest one is over 3-1/2 inches in diameter. Hoping to get flowers soon.
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Large round light-green leaves of a nasturtium loom over white and yellow violas in a large terracotta-colored pot next to a kid’s blue scooter.
June 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Rainy days aren’t fun for me, but the plants sure love them!

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A white bearded Iris with a yellow center, petals beaded with drops of water. Bright yellow violas with centers marked with dark brown lines. A terra cotta pot filed with Rosemary, Greek oregano, and white sweet alyssum.
May 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Ducks on Rockland Lake. Taken in April 2020.
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Two ducks swimming on a rippling blue water lake.
April 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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The theme is #yellow! 💛🌼

I took these shots of my neighbors beautiful front yard this afternoon. Yellow forsythia bush and daffodils to brighten your day.

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Beyond the white picket fence, a t yellow forsythia bush, and in the distance a clump of yellow daffodils. A clump of yellow daffodils.
April 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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For #TextureTuesday, a photo of a weed in front of a rusted barrel. I took it while on a hike in the Santa Clarita Valley, CA in the early 2000s.

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Delicate pale-wheat-colored weed in front of a rusty metal barrel of deep orange with white streaks.
April 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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A favor? Please use Alt Text when posting pics. It’s really simple to do & makes it so much easier for those with vision issues to enjoy your posts! Thanks!

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Orange and white butterfly on a green fern leaf. Taken at Denver’s Butterfly Pavilion in 2010.
April 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Oh! The scent of the Hoya blossom is heavenly! Washing dishes is a pleasure when the Hoya start blooming.

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Pink Hoya blossom with red center in full bloom, with another ready to take off.
April 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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I’m ridiculously happy that the marigolds, lemon cucumber, dwarf kale, brussels sprouts, and beefsteak tomato seeds I planted three days ago have sprouted!

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Day-old marigold seedlings in an egg carton and Brussels sprouts seedlings in peat pots. Day-old lemon cucumber, dwarf kale, and beefsteak tomato seedlings in peat pots.
April 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Spring Fever has struck with a vengeance! Ranunculus & Rosemary; spinach, broccoli, kale, snap pea seedlings. Not shown: 12 packets of seeds, seed potatoes, onions, asparagus & a bareroot dwarf raspberry “Raspberry Shortcake.”

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Plants and seedlings to be planted in the garden: Rosemary, pink and white ranunculus, kale, snap peas, broccoli, spinach.
March 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Apparently my Hoya has decided it’s not too early to bloom! There are two more just beginning, too! I’m so excited! (Sorry the images aren’t the best. Too much backlighting.)

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March 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Good times at Denver’s #Butterfly Pavilion. Photo taken August 2010 of what I think is a idea leuconoe, also known as the paper kite butterfly and rice paper butterfly.

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Side view of a butterfly with wings that are translucent silvery white with black spots on a bright pink flower spike.
March 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Some years ago, when I lived in SoCal, a #hummingbird built her nest in a large ficus tree on my back patio. Here’s a photo I got of one of the fledglings taking a little rest while on its first flight.

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A young hummingbird resting on a branch with green leaves in the background. Has a bit of rose and brown on its white breast and some rose on its brown wings and the base of its beak, and it’s throat and head are brown speckled. Might be an Allen’s Hummingbird. Not sure.
March 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Someplace that I’d rather be.

The beach at Honolulu, Hawai’i, taken in the spring of 2003.

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Photo of a yellow hibiscus flower, while in the distance is a row of palm trees, a man carrying a surfboard, and the blue sky.
March 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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I’m even more thrilled that, not only are all three flowers on my littlest #orchid open now, but my other orchid is getting ready to bloom! Both of them bloom a couple times a year on the windowsill.
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March 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Good times at Denver’s #Butterfly Pavilion. Photo taken August 2010.

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Black and pale yellow butterfly on green leaves drinking nectar from a pink tubular flower
February 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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It’s such a thrill when an #orchid you’ve had for years blooms again. This little guy blooms a couple times a year on the windowsill.

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February 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Good times at the Bronx Zoo’s #Butterfly Pavilion. Zebra Longwing taken July 2021.

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February 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Good times in Colorado. Taken September 2016, before the first disastrous election.

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Small metal garden sculpture of a red owl planted in dried grass against split rail fence.
February 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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A colorful photo of a beautiful array of potted Mums for Fall, in various colors of yellow, white, pink, purple & orange.
August 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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A watercolor psiting of a purple Iris in a cut crystal bowl being used as a vase.
August 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM