A pretty mosaic by the playground in Ravenna Park, and some evening sun drama in our garden making the flowering currant glow.
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Roots! Clinging desperately to the side of the hill! Or casually exploring the environs.
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Flowering plums: a huge flowering plum overshadows the neighborhood houses, and a tiny escapee grows between maples in Ravenna Park
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Trouvailles : osoberry (Oemleria cerasiformis, a native) blossoms and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) bark
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Witches butter on decaying big leaf maple leaves
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Fluffy white fog clouds, no snow or rain 🤷
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Trouvailles
from a walk in the park, a silvery lichen and a burst of colors, from a broken madrone tree
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Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiformis) tentatively blooming, a first sign of spring in the native flora.
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Silk tassel bush (Garrya elliptica) blooming in the park. Although it doesn't grow natively quite this far north, it thrives in our climate.
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A quirky madrone (Arbutus menziesii) in the park in the rain
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