sundown tulip another tulip orchids white tulips fading sealions bomb-sniffing dog, at rest Alcrataz, night Muir Woods quiet street fruit tree and fence flowers and fence clematis pine cones Siberian iris, raindrops columbine, as if painted honeysuckle white peony double peony another peony exotic amaryllis on a walk around the lake refuge on a snowy evening gingerbread house downtown window Happy New Year! Christmas cactus December window Happy Holidays! hibiscus indoors survivor wet leaves indoors again blues and greens things kept above the clouds clouds Edmonton, at night a splash of color ice cream shop window Edmonton botanical garden at the Edmonton botanical gardens