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Moss against a fence (Ceratodon purpureus)
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A bright green patch of fire moss is full of sporangia in different stages of maturity. The immature sporangia have translucent green capsules. There is a wooden fence behind the mossy rock.
February 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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So much for partly cloudy and fog
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Lovely raindrops hang from a cluster of bright red landing berries. You can see the gray sky berries around them through the drops.
January 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Finally they're opening up! Snowdrops start blooming despite the below freezing temps.
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A clump of white snowdrops blooms among the dry leaves in the backyard. The green leaves contrast nicely with the withered browns.
January 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Hellebore season! Seattle Tilth
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A sienna tinted monochrome photograph shows the pistil, stamens and five white petals of hellebore flowers amid the leaves in a planter at Seattle Tilth.
January 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Sunshine? Never heard of her

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December 5, 2024 at 11:45 PM
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Another winter rose
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A luscious pink cabbage rose with gold undertones is unfolding in the cold gray weather, in our backyard. It is surrounded by wet rose leaves.
December 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Winter roses
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A small, barely open, pink and white rose sits at the end of a bare thorny branch. It is covered with raindrops. There are two other rose buds which may open in the next couple of days
December 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Winter gold: Golden brown hydrangea flower bracts remind us of autumn
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A closeup of a dried hydrangea inflorescence shows the delicate venation of the golden hued bracts. A dried seedhead crowns the inflorescence, looking like dark brown beads
February 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Flowering quince braving the frosty cold
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A coral red quince flower with a couple of buds blooms amid gray branches. You can see golden stamens and a golden corrugated pistil. There is a diffuse light from an overcast sky.
January 26, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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Red hots
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A cluster of bright red nandina berries hangs down from the branches above. The berries have pendent raindrops which magnify the red berries as well as a bit of gray sky.
January 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Some rhododendrons are trying out some flowers, hoping there won't be hard freezes soon
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Lavender pink rhododendron flowers are clustered in the midst of long, oval, green leaves. Everything is coated with a gloss of rain.
January 6, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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Pretty colored heuchera leaves seen on wretchedly cold dog walk
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Peach, yellow, pink and orangesicle colored heauchera leaves show up nicely against a black and white granite in a neighborhood yard. The leaves are rounded, dentate and hairy.
January 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Winter jasmine looks like yellow stars in shady spots
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Winter jasmine with its bright yellow six-petalled flowers brightens dark spots. The flowers open on bare branches. The leaves will follow later.
January 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Color pop on a rainy day: blue green lichen and bright red cotoneaster berries
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A cotoneaster shrub's bright red berries nestle among small fronds of a blue green reindeer moss growing on the shrub's branches. The lichen will mostly bs hidden when the leaves come out in spring.
January 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Late winter camellias are getting ready to bloom
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A rose colored camellia is opening, its petals partly unfurled. The watery winter sunlight strikes the edges of the petals, and the glossy green oval leaves it is peeking out from.
January 23, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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This time last year (doesn't that feel odd?) the snowdrops were in full bloom. This year the leaves are just now coming up.
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A clutch of white snowdrop flowers bloom among the old autumn leaves, giving a spring feel to a winter garden.
January 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Out to the backyard to play in the hot sun and cold wind! Monty sez Arrivederci!
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A black and white photo shows Monty the gray shih tzu in his fluffy winter coat, enjoying the sun, on the wall next to the raised flowerbed.
February 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Hydrangea leaves
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Lanceolate and dentate mophead hydrangea leaves fade from green into an interesting array of colors. Among the shades of green, ranging from dark, to bright, to olive, there are hues of purple and lavender, and creamy yellow to white especially in the veination.
December 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Afternoon camellia in the rainy light
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A variegated white and pink camellia, looking like a multi-petaled peppermint candy, blooms among glossy dark green leaves edged with lighter green. The light falls on the flower, but is weak and doesn't reach beyond the outer leaves, creating a dark backdrop.
January 30, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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Messages from the Big Dark, Seattle, USA
"Welp, that sunrise WAS the sun you saw in the forecast. Now for some more rain"
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November 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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More dribbly drops
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Raindrops caught in the remains of a smoke tree panicle. You can see tree branches and the pearl-gray sky reflected in the drops. Some tiny drops cling to the stems sideways, upside down and right-side up, seemingly defying gravity.
January 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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First snowdrops!
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A small cluster of snow drops is blooming. Its pointy lance shaped dark green leaves poke up through the leaf litter. Each flower droops downward, with three white tear shaped sepals spread out above the funnel shaped, green-edged white flower. They add a little touch oh cheer to the winter garden.
January 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Mossy trees
Bright white sky on a cold day with moss glowing on the trees
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A trail winds through a grove of bare trees. The trunks are covered in moss which glows bright green in the harsh winter light. There are dark evergreens in the background making the mossy color brighter.
January 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Blue sky with hazelnut catkins, Seattle today
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Looking up at a very blue sky in a, park in Seattle. The sky is framed by overarching hazelnut tree branches full of powdery yellow catkins hanging down on the left, and by a grove of cottonwoods and pines on the right.
January 17, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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Pixie cup lichens sneaking out from behind a broken fence slat
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A row of powdery green thalluses of pixie cup (so named because they look like long stemmed cups) lichens grow on a fence. They look like they are sneaking out from behind a red fence slat. Another rainy day scene.
January 19, 2026 at 3:38 PM