These are some of my very favorite roses, with their sweet and spicy scent. You can see the color varies from bloom to bloom.

Brilliantly colored Double Delight roses live up to their name

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At the incredible Bayview Nursery in Whidbey Island, WA, the combination of horticultural skill AND beautiful, artful display came together brilliantly in this tall raised basket of starry petunias.

Many colorful petunias displayed in an overhead basket on a standnursery

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A rainy day in Ellensburg, WA.

Moody skies at the Ellensburg, Washinton old grain elevator building

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A quick flash of sun against a dark rainy sky, that’s what I love about spring garden photos. The pink dogwood to the right is just in bud, but the Japanese magnolia is in full bloom.

Japanese magnolia tree blooms in a Seattle sunbreak

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Our little getaway to Port Ludlow WA last week had mostly sunny weather, but even the gray skies were scenic in this view of Puget Sound.

Trees, water and sky in nature’s monochrome

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A lovely and scenic winter drive in the Olympic Peninsula earlier.

View of Hood Canal in Washington

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The fog was heavy, early this morning in my garden.

A January day in the Pacific Northwest

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A very fine winter scene of the melting snow by a relative who lives on the East Coast. I love this image!

Melancholy winter landscape by Margit Mickelson

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From a few years ago at this time of the year, a local view of Puget Sound, south of Seattle WA.

Very still evening at the Cove in Normandy Park, WA

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I’ve been taking photos out my front window this whole season. Yesterday, just before a big rain started, it looked like this.

My Seattle WA front yard right before a big rain

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Before the rain there were some winds. These pretty, late-summer perennial sunflowers were loving it.

Bright yellow petals of perennial sunflowers light up the fall garden

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The changing weather fronts yesterday created swirling clouds on a blue, blue, late afternoon sky. A Pacific Northwest cloudscape for you.

The sky in motion

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