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**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · Mar 15

Winter sunrise: the only warmth in the scene is from the ray of sunlight
#Photography #OurGarden #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter

Garden plants and grasses in shades of orange, tan and yellow glow in a ray of winter sunlight

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · Feb 19

Feb 19

Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

Seattle skies and skyline. The wind was blowing so hard it almost knocked me off my feet!
#Photography #SeattleWashington #MapleLeafNeighborhood
#SeattleWinter

A stormy look over Seatyle: the skies are full of rushing storm clouds, but you can see the Seattle skyline below Maple Leaf Hill. The Space Needle is off to the right. The scene is framed by a couple of pine trees and the nearby rooftops.

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · Feb 17

Feb 17

Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

Winter gold: Golden brown hydrangea flower bracts remind us of autumn
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #Bloomscrolling

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

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · Feb 11

Feb 11

Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

Out to the backyard to play in the hot sun and cold wind! Monty sez Arrivederci!
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurGarden #DogsOfMastodon

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.

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · Feb 11

Feb 11

Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

Brrrr! It was cold on top of Maple Leaf Hill! With a 15 mph breeze, and 55% humidity, it cut right through my coat and hat. Monty was invigorated and full of pep. Maybe we should move to Alaska. Nice clouds, though.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #MapleLeafNeighborhood #SeattleWinter #Clouds

A sky full of storm clouds looms over Maple Leaf Park. There is a lot of turbulence shown by the shades of gray. Below, the snow is
melting on the ground and the shrubs and grasses are stark and sere

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · Feb 7

Feb 7

Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

A slow walk in the park amid the snow critters. I thought they were a person with a stick to throw for the dog, and a rabbit nearby. But maybe a shepherd herding rabbits or unicorns?
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #SnowCritters

The Maple Leaf Park is covered with melty, icy snow. There are remnants of snow critters scattered about. Monty checks out this snow person with a big stick. Its nose is a carrot, its mouth a banana.

Monty barks at what I thought was a snow dog but may be a collapsed snow bunny

At first I thought this human size snow critter was a rabbit with its two big ears and carrot slice eyes. But it has a carrot horn between its ears. Is it a unicorn? And its mouth is a banana sticking out. Maybe a rhinoceros? Or it's sticking its tongue out?

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · Feb 6

Feb 6

Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

We got about 3 inches of dry snow which is currently melting. We may have a skating pond tomorrow morning! Bad thing about dogs, you still gotta take them outside even if you're flu-ish.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #SnowInSeattle

Snow covers roofs and lawns of these cute little bricks houses across the street. The trees behind have snow-laden branches. The sky seems to be clearing.

My daughter, wearing a red hoodie, is clearing the sidewalk of snow, a civic obligation, especially in hilly terrain. She's made it three doors up, joining the already shoveled spot of a conscientious neighbor.

Snow tends to beautify things, hiding blemishes, blinding us with white light. This b&w photo is a peek over the next-door neighbor's fence, looking at the snow-covered branches of leafless maples. The tree crowns are nicely rounded. The sky looks leaden, although it is clearing to the south.

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · Feb 5

Feb 5

Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

Monty Mr Fluffy Pants out eating snow. He shows his Nepalese ancestry. The snow is dry and makes a nice squidgy noise. It isn't cold enough to last.
#Photography ##SeattleWashington ##SeattleWinter #DogsOfMastodon

The snow eating shih tzu peers up at me with a few snowflakes stuck around his face and clumps in his beard and on his feet.

A gray shih tzu dog eats snow in the yard. You can see how fluffy he is, good fur for snow days.

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · Feb 2

Feb 2

Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

Moss against a fence (Ceratodon purpureus)
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #Mosses #MapleLeafNeighborhood #Mosstodon

A bright green patch of fire moss is full of sporangia in different stages of maturity. The immature sporangia have translucent green capsules. The other, older ones are varying shades of red. There is a wooden fence behind the mossy rock.

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · Jan 30

Jan 30

Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

Boxwood hedges are blooming right now, and they are powerfully scented. Too sweet for me!
#Photography #SeattleWashington ##SeattleWinter #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood

Looking down at a boxwood hedge, you can see the white flowers, which are mostly pistols and stamens, among the glossy green cancellate leaves. The leaves are so glossy they reflect a bit of blue from the sky.

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · Jan 30

Jan 30

Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

Hellebore season! Seattle Tilth
#Photography #SeatteWashington #SeattleWinter

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.

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · Jan 29

Jan 29

Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

Winter jasmine looks like yellow stars in shady spots
#Photography #SeattleWashington #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood #SeattleWinter

Winter jasmine with its bright yellow six-petalled flowers brightens dark spots. The flowers open on bare branches. The leaves will follow later.

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · Jan 28 *

Jan 28 *

Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

Finally they're opening up! Snowdrops start blooming despite the below freezing temps.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurHouse #OurGarden

A clump of white snowdrops blooms among the dry leaves in the backyard. The green leaves contrast nicely with the withered browns.

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · Jan 27

Jan 27

Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

Now is the frost season in the PNW. Frosty frost still is beautiful.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurHouse #OurGarden
A sad anecdote in our community garden news: yesterday volunteers were going to turn over the compost. They couldn't even get a pitchfork into the frozen masses in the bins! The soil is frozen too, so turning anything over is doomed. BUT...if the compost was fermenting, should it have frozen? I know the piles haven't been turned since I started my gardens there, so that's 18 months, way too long.

A couple of yellowed strawberry leaves amid the brown ones are rimmed with frost. I didn't take photos of the green leaves which ae still alive, apparently.

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · Jan 23

Jan 23

Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

A brief sunny moment in the park: a rill runs down the hill into the creek.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #RavennaPark

A small rill runs between mossy banks with Douglas firs, ferns, and other greenery. The scene is struck with some golden light from a winter sun. The grayish sky is reflected in a small pool formed by the rill.

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · Jan 20

Jan 20

Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

Pretty colored heuchera leaves seen on wretchedly cold dog walk
#SeattleWashington ##MapleLeafNeighborhood #SeattleWinter #Photography

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.

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · Jan 20

Jan 20

Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

Mossy trees
Bright white sky on a cold day with moss glowing on the trees
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #RavennaParkSeattle

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.

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · Jan 19

Jan 19

Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

The second day of hard frost, it's starting to feel like winter. The roofs glistened white this morning. The leaves and grasses were littered with ice crystals.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #Frost #MapleLeafNeighborhood