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architect | gardener | USDA zone 8b | retired politician | 3 term councilmember | dog and twin mom

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On December 18, 2025, we have Winnie the #goldenretriever smiling as she lies in her favorite summer shady spot in front of a wild planting of hydrangeas. This photo was taken on July 27, 2025.

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A smiling senior Golden Retriever lies in the cool summer grass in front of a dense planting of hydrangeas. She has a soft "chuck it" blue dog disc lying across her paws. She had reached the stage of not being able to run and retrieve, so I tossed the disc to her to catch, which seemed very satisfying to her.
December 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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December 17, 2025, we have some tulips photographed on April 13, 2025.

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Closeup view of a coral peach tulip with dramatic dark purple center ribs on all the petals. There are out of focus tulips of the same variety in a bed of rich green foliage.
December 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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On December 16, 2025, a photograph of the "Dolgo" crabapple in bloom on April 9, 2025. It bears an abundant crop of red-fleshed and red-skinned oblong fruit. It is also a preferred pollinator tree for the apple tree variety I requested for my birthday. It […]

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Clusters of white crabapple blooms with golden stamens against a dark green out of focus background. It is a rainy day, with water all over the petals.
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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We need this one today, December 15, 2025. Photographed on May 28, 2025, this is #PeaceRose.

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Closeup view of a creamy yellow hybrid tea rose with rosy red flushed edges on the petals. There is dark green foliage in the background, and the edge of a second bloom on the right side of the image.
December 16, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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In the Bleak Midwinter

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#gustavholst
Simple wooden block houses, barn, & cottages made from scraps of hardwood, with copper candle holders as chimneys. There are white half burnt candles in the chimneys. The little village sits on a 200 year old walnut table. The wood is all the same brown and sienna colors.
December 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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This third Sunday of Advent, December 14, 2025, a pink to purple #treepeony named #ShimaneChojuraku. It was photographed on April 27, 2025. This plant has enormous, long lasting blooms that are as large as a dinner plate.

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A large tree peony bloom that is pink shading to purple at the center. The center has a tuft of golden stamens. A person's hand is in the lower right side of the image, showing that the bloom is much bigger than a hand.
December 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Bring a cake Jeanette Isabella 🎶 🎄
A pumpkin, cranberry, apple, pecan cake with maple glaze on a wood sideboard with a poinsettia in the background
December 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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On December 12, 2025, I give you many roses for Advent. This picture was taken on June 4, 2025 in the front yard, the sunniest spot on the north side of our lot. #juliachildrose is the "hedge" along the east side.

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Late spring rose bloom in a densely planted rose garden, with yellow roses in the foreground, and pink, red, orange, and white roses in a mass. A white cottage with brown trim peeks out of the garden.
December 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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This Thursday, December 11, a sweet garden companion for 11 years - Winnie, and blue ajuga reptans photographed on April 16, 2025.

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A senior Golden Retriever sits smiling and looking up at the camera, on a green spring lawn next to a bed of blue ajuga and bluebells.
December 12, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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For December 10, 2025, here are some cheerful yellow roses photographed on June 4, 2025.

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Cheerful, abundant double yellow roses with green foliage and boxwood hedge behind them.
December 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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"I really don't like squishy toes! I think I'll wait for John's sourdough instead," says Josie.

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#bernesemountaindog
#sourdough
#pnw
A Bernese Mountain Dog stands on a patio looking at the wet, squishy grass like it's the enemy. A Bernese Mountain Dog lies in sploot position on the floor next to a kitchen counter with two loaves of cooling sourdough bread in the foreground.
December 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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"Well, no, the rain doesn't bother me," says Winnie. 💛

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#seniordog
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An 11 year old Golden Retriever stands next to a green, red, orange and yellow hydrangea in the rain, looking toward the right of the image.
December 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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On December 9, 2025, we remember this lovely "Bella Rosa" red camellia japonica that was blooming on March 29, 2025. Winnie the Golden is peeking through the fence. Nuccio's in Altadena suffered great damage in the fires.

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A bright red blooming camellia japonica with shiny dark green leaves is filled with flowers as a Golden Retriever peeks her nose through the vertical wood slat fence beyond.
December 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Here is a stellar climbing rose, #royalsunset by Dr Dennison Morey, 1960. This is an old plant in our garden, perhaps 25 years old, photographed on May 4, 2025.

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An exuberant, abundantly flowering orange to peach colored double flowering climbing rose with dark green pest free foliage.
December 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Second Sunday of Advent, December 7, 2025. After a long day of singing, it's time for some flowers. Today's flower is a red tree peony photographed on April 30, 2025.

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A red tree peony with golden stamens and deep green dissected foliage surrounding the bloom.
December 8, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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For December 6, a lily photo from July 6, 2025.

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A gold brushed with bronze colored lily with cinnamon colored anthers against an out of focus background of deep green foliage.
December 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Some Japanese anemones from the garden on August 25, 2025.

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White Japanese anemones with golden fluffs of stamens at the centers and some buds just opening against a background of ferns.
December 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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We picked most of the Hachiya persimmons today. A couple of big bully grackles started thrashing through the branches and tearing at the fruit. I've never seen them here in our part of the Willamette Valley before. We left the top most fruits, but the small […]

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Bright orange Hachiya persimmons hanging like Christmas decorations on bare branches. A western red cedar and blue sky is in the background. An orange Hachiya persimmon that has been pecked by birds. Round orange Nikita's Gift persimmons on bare branches, with evergreen trees in the background.
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Crocuses waking up on February 27, 2025.

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A mass of bright yellow crocuses with some brown maple leaves underneath the delicate green grass-like foliage.
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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A sweet little hydrangea just showing off on June 29, 2025.

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A pink and white picotee hydrangea with green and purple leaves.
December 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Sleeping agastache in the snow. February 2025.

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Snow on tall lacy agastache stems with a white colonial style house in the background.
December 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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The #floweradventcalendar is my way of navigating the dark season before the return of the sun at the winter solstice. For the first day of December, here are some lilies of the field.

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A closeup view of a mass of light pink to purple lilies with dark brown anthers and green pistils.
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Josie = #mondog

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#bernesemountaindog
#blep
A Bernese Mountain Dog sits on a sunny wood deck looking up at the camera with her tongue slurping up against her nose.
December 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Eggnog pie in a pecan crust.

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A 12 inch diameter stainless steel pie pan with an eggnog pie in it. The top is piped whipped cream dollop with dark chocolate curls on top.
November 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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My husband's Thanksgiving is on track this year; he made Parker House Rolls, also called "Butter Bombs".

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A steamy look at some cooling Golden rolls on a metal grid with a piece of foil below.
November 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM