A couple of bright white damson plum flowers adorn a branch full of buds. The afternoon sun highlights the white petals. The golden yellow anthers and pistils cast shadows on the petals. To me, the anthers look a bit like cat whiskers!

Rosy pink crabapple flower buds cluster along a leafy branch. The leaved are narrowly lanceolate and dentate. The flower buds look like little bundles barely held together by their sepals. You can see a bright blue sky in the background.

Our fruit trees: second year plum trees blooming (fruit this year?) and my native crabapple is covered with flower buds! It may fruit, we've had it for almost 6 years
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #OurGarden #BloomScrolling #FruitTrees

2 purple and white streaks crocus flowers with golden yellow anthers bearing pollen. The outer layer of petals are mostly purple and the inner layer petals are more white. A few green grassy crocosbleaves with a white stripe in the middle are also visible. There also other green plants growing around the crocuses.

Moody Monday.
Just want to check my garden and I am glad that most of the crocuses in our garden survived the Friday snow.

#Marchflowers #springflowers
#crocuses #ourgarden
#fragrantflowers #springbulbs

Dnes bolo parádne skoro cely deň vonku, možno som sa aj opálil 🫣. Venovali sme sa jarnému rezu v našej záhrade. Všetko sa prebúdza aspoň tu na juhu. Neviem či je to očkovaním (tetanovka) ale strašne som unavený. Asi som už starý kua 😞

#bp #ourgarden #spring

Close up of a snowdrop showing its white and light green heart, surrounded by delicate drooping white sepals. It is emerging from a bed of dry leaves and duff. You can see more snowdrops in the background, with all their long green pointy leaves providing contrast

An egg-yolk yellow kerria blossom, looking like a little rose, opens along a grren leafless branch. A couple of yellow flower buds are behind it on the branch. The backyard fence catches a little light and shadow in the background.

Bright purple crocus flowers sport orange stamens. Strappy crocus leaves poke up through the chesnut tree leaves, alongside a few old, prickly chestnut burs. Everything is liberally sprinkled with early morning raindrops.

I was a little under the weather yesterday morning, and sat watching the dog play in our backyard. Noticed a couple of pretty things
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #OurGarden #BloomScrolling

A bright orange rose hip sits between new leaves. The leaves are green, rosy red, yellow green and bright green with a bit of reddish shading at the rims. There are water drops on the leaves due to fog. The water drops on the newest, reddest leaf in the foreground reflect the gray sky, and the red and green of the leaves.

Foggy day in Seattle
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurNeighborhood #OurGarden #BloomScrolling #SeattleSpring #MapleLeafNeighborhood

A photo from above of a velvety dark reddish brown mushroom cap with a lighter brown edging. There is a tipped cap next to it showing a dark stem attachment point and creamy brown gills radiating to the edge. The mushrooms are in a bed of leaves, wood chips and pine needles, all in shades of brown.

Cucumber cap (Macrosystidia cucumis) growing in our backyard
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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.

First snowdrops!
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurGarden #BloomScrolling

A bright orange nasturtium flower braves the cold and rain, standing tall on its stem above a single round bright green leaf. There is another flower bud behind, waiting its turn. You can see the flower boxes behind them as background.

"There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
- Anais Nin #Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurNeighborhood #OurGarden #BloomScrolling

A black and white photograph of tumbled leaves emphasizes the curls of dried maple leaves and their veination, the prickly imbricated leaves fallen of the redcedars, and the sleek curved shape of Douglas fir needles.

Some rakings
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurGarden #TextureTuesday #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome

A small cluster of Mycena spp mushrooms hug a very dark brown decomposing stump, surrounded by wet green moss and miscellaneous leafy debris. You can't see the stalks because they're very short at this point. The caps are oyster colored, with darker striations and gently rippled edges. The lighting is very dark, thanks to cloudy, rainy, overcast skies

On a dark and stormy day, hyphae decided to congregate and plot nefarious rot
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurGarden #FungiFriends #FungiLovers #FungusFriday

A couple of decaying but still whole maple leaves, one dark maroon, one ochre with dark spots, are surrounded by scattered miscellaneous debris. There are dark brown to medium brown six redcedar female cones, with their scales wide open. There is a reddish brown stubby piece of redcedar stem, with sharp triangular scales. There are various sized pieces of brick red redcedar leaves. There are a few tan, small Douglas fir and redcedar seeds. Most of the fallings are centered on a scarred white wooden table top, the smaller pieces dispersed around the edges.

Oh, it's Tuesday, something about Texture Tuesday, right? Here's some stuff on a white workbench. Part of the beautiful decay series
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurGarden #TextureTuesday #BeautifulDecay #EastCoastKin

Dead leaves in shades of brown, gray and black have fallen on a decaying old chestnut tree log. The log, in shades of red, brown and black, is falling apart, but its fibrous structure can still be seen. Some bright green grass and dandelions poke up amid the dead litter. Everything is covered with a wet gloss of rain, which deepens and boosts the colors and textures.

Dead leaves on a rotting log, more beautiful decay
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurGarden #TextureTuesday

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.

Another winter rose
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurGarden #MapleLeafNeighborhood #BloomScrolling

False turkey tails grow on a branch. The branch is partially debarked, showing a gray rough bark and a smooth brown cambium. The mushroom bodies grow upwards in a fan shape, with concentric lines of colors: orange and cream on the outer edges, and gray green in a semicircle inside the other bands. The green color comes from algae that grow on the fungal surface in a commensalist relationship. These particular ones are quite small, about one inch across.

Backyard find, false turkey tails (Stereum ostrea?) growing on chestnut tree trimmings. The description says they are hairy, which you can see, but the gray green part looks almost felted.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurGarden #FungiFriends #FungiLovers

A bouquet of dried flowers and grasses in warm shades of cream, tan, yellow and brown is set in a glass vase on a garden shed outside shelf. The shed is painted ochre yellow, the door and shelf are white. There is assorted metallic junk on the shelf as well. The overall effect is cluttered and disheveled.

Some of the summer's #warmth is captured in a dried autumn bouquet by the shed
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #OurGarden #BlueskyArtShow

A very small tan and brown Mycena species mushroom sits among blue green lichen and green mosses on the top of a dark gray wooden fence. A Dacrymyces species jelly mushroom can be seen looking like an orange dot at the right.

Teeny tiny bonnet mushroom
Sitting on the fence
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #OurNeighborhood #OurGarden #FungiFriends #FungiLovers #FungusFriday #Mushrooms

A photo processed to look like a watercolor A ray of winter sunshine strikes at an angle into a garden full of faded rose colored grasses, some blue artemesia and a few late blooming pink yarrows. The light streak is very rose colored from striking grasses and bushes with faded red leaves. The overall feeling is ebullient and uplifting.

#Bright artsy photo of my garden in winter for the #BlueskyArtShow
#Photography #OurGarden

A variegated heart shaped hosta leaf takes center stage. Its center is a creamy greenish white. The border is dark green, with a yellowing edge reminding us that winter is close. The leaf has strong veination and an interesting quilted texture. There are other hosta leaves behind, creating a background of quilted greens and yellows.

The hosts are working on retiring for the winter
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #OurNeighborhood #OurGarden

A close up of the heart of a California poppy ready to shed its petals looks like an orange bowl, with a tangled of ropey drying stamens at the bottom. It almost looks like a hydra waiting for something to fall down along the curve petals.

#Inside a California poppy
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSummer ##BloomScrolling #OurGarden #Orange #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A green pottery bowl with brown speckled and swirls hold three golden ripe pairs and a handful of red ripe jalapeños. The pears are smooth and freckled. Thd peppers are drying and look wrinkled, but still brightly colored.

Peppers and pears, autumn colors
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #OurGarden

This photo is full of greens: a handful of snow pea pods rest on some lettuce with red edged leaves, and green rumpled swiss chard. There are a few water drops scattered over all, fresh from being picked in a dewy vegetable patch.

Some green from the archives
#Photography #OurGarden #Vegetabls #Greens
#EastCoastKin

Three glossy chestnut tree leaves rest on top of a small pile of prickly chestnut burrs. The leaves are lanceolate, strongly dentate, with well marked veins. They are in various stages of transition from green to yellow. The burrs are golden brown with long, sharp prickles. They are slightly open at the top, with a glimpse of the mahogany colored nuts within. The burrs are resting on top of withered brown leaves and twigs.

The chestnuts are falling off the tree. Now, it's a race between humans and squirrels to grab the nuts from their vicious burrs. You need to wear thorn resistant shoes to walk in that mess.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #OurGarden #Chestnuts #EastCoastKin
#TheOutpost

A monochrome photo of a nasturtium flower with raindrops collecting on its three lower petals: the monochrome treatment sharpens the contrasts between the crinkly petal texture and the round, smooth, transparent raindrops. You can also see the inner parts of the flower, with its raggedy hairy edge guarding the stamens and the twisty pistil. The upper two petals have dark streaking running from the bases and fanning and fading outwards. The flower is set among round nasturtium leaves.

Rain! Soggy photo from the garden
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #BloomScrolling #OurGarden

A nice ripe tomato 🍅 chewed on by a raccoon🦝 sits among the tomato plant leaves with its guts exposed

A nice ripe tomato 🍅 chewed on by a raccoon🦝 sits among the tomato plant leaves with its guts exposed

Guess raccoons like their tomatoes on the vine!
#SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #PeskyCritters #OurGarden
#Photography

A spray of bright, almost neon orange Japanese maple leaves grow out of a red branchlet on a potted tree. The leaves are palmate, with thin dentate leaflets.

Two bright green, very prickly chestnut burrs sit in the middle of a cluster of leathery dark green leaves. The leaves are lanceolate, dentate, with strongly ribbed veination. The fruit and leaves have a common point of attachment at the end of a branch.

A bright orange nasturtium flower shows its anthers and pistil behind flange-like orange hairs in the throat of the bloom. Five orange petals, flexing outwards, form a loose tube with black streaks at their base. The petals are large, overlapping and wrinkly like old linen. The round, blue-green leaves surround the flower, with white veins radiating out from the stem attachment at the center.

Several green hops cones hang off a hop vine branch down a gray wooden fence. The cones are shaped by overlapping green fleshy bracts and look like small pine cones. You can see, looking up the fence, that there are a lot more branches full of cones above. Hops are in the hemp family, along with cannabis and hackberries ( I didn't know that!).

Another set of photos from the hour outside yesterday. Fall is definitely here!
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #OurGarden #BloomScrolling #OneHourOutside

Rocky Mountain maple leaves are turning color. Here, the focus is on one leaf with the rest of the branches leaves slightly blurry but echoing the colors. The leaf, which is palmate with five attenauted, dentate lobes, starts out yellow green at its attachment to the red stem. Then the colors grade from yellow to orange to red at the outer edges. The veins are yellow, which makes them easily visible in the red shading. A little bit of sunlight shines among the leaves, giving an autumnal glow to the photo.

Fireweed is still blooming! We cut back the big main stem, and smaller stems grew out from the bases. The green leaves look like willow leaved.The four petaled flowers are bright magenta. The stamens are white and the anthers are yellow with a magenta stripe bisecting them. The pistil has a pink tip. The background in this photo is full of greens and yellows from turning leaves.

These rosemary flowers on this shrub's branch are very pale lavender. Their top two petals are fused, the two side petals spread out like wings, and the bottom petal is long and frilly. You can't see the stamens in these, but the pistil forms a long arc, pressing up against the top petals and then down like a tiny white proboscis. The green, strongly aromatic leaves below the flowers are needle shaped.

A small cluster of pink and white roses gives a last burst of blossoms before the end of fall. The single petals are slightly crinkly and surround a bunch of stamens. There are several buds ready to open among the green rose leaves.

Another set of photos from the outside power hour. I think someone sprayed their trees in the neighborhood: suddenly there has been a marked decrease in insects of all types, including wasps and honeybees
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Our Roses

#bloomscrolling #flowerreport #flowers #garden #nature #roses #summerflowers #ourgarden

Raspberries
#raspberries #harvest #ourgarden #garden #berries

#ourgarden #garden #country #countrylife #tomatoes #lovetomatoes #vegetables #vegetablegarden

Red twinspur flowers look a bit like tiny snapdragons, making for a nice color pop in the fall flowerbed

Red bistort has a wand of tiny red flowers rising above the ferns and leaves. Thet look cheerful with their little anthers and pistils curving up front inside the corollas.

Pops of red in the flower beds
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #OurGarden #BloomScrolling