A friend has a good hellebore collection in her charming garden. Even with the cold weather, they bloom so prettily in late winter and early spring.

Nodding hellebore blooms with purple veining and edges in a PNW sun break

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Also called Japanese andromeda, pieris is a stellar shrub that thrives in the Pacific Northwest. And they are fragrant! Little bells of wonderfulness.

Pink pieris, backlit in the late winter sun

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I love flowers that bloom in wintertime. The weather is still very cold and gray in the Seattle area, but the hellebores are being beautiful for us, already.

Purple speckled hellebore with white center

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Happy New Year! My wish for you is finding beauty everywhere. May you have rainbows and sunshine always!

An unexpected rainbow from a window prism decorates the carpet on a recent sunny winter day

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No room this year for a regular Christmas tree, but it looks quite festive anyway, don’t you think?

Plants and presents around our ficus tree

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You can tell by the points on the leaves that it’s actually a Thanksgiving cactus, not a Christmas cactus. It actually bloomed right on time this year. Make sure you take care of them more like regular houseplants, don’t let them roast in the sun or get super dry like regular desert cacti.

Thanksgiving cactus blooms in the late fall sunlight. Magenta with white flowers are so showy.

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After a nice soak and shake, these mostly tillandsia air plants are almost dry enough to go back on my windowsill.

Air plants basking in the fall afternoon sunshine

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My living room jungle is coming alive with the lower light angling in from the southern exposure.

Thanksgiving cactus bloomed for Halloween this year.

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This is where I have my coffee every morning. The sun comes in the south window this time of year, a blessing for dark Seattle. I love having plants right there.

Morning coffee spot with plants

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Hardy fuchsia is very good in the fall garden, still going strong. Blooms in shade or sun. They look like earrings to me. What do they look like to you?

Red and purple hardy fuchsia flowers

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Got to go on a very short woodsy walk in Central Washington, haven’t for a very long time. The sun peeked out and the leaves above lit up. Bliss for me.

Leafy pattern above. Can you see the shaggy lichen on the branches.

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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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