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Our local flower show continues to do its annual spring parade in the garden. The mountain laurel had its day, and now the dogwoods are blooming. This year they are a pristine white. For some reason, they sometimes have a green hue.

On the veranda, my pots are looking fuller. I used to plant only a single variety of a plant in one pot, but this year I really like the mixtures of color and textures. Here a white begonia is next to a mixed pot of pink impatiens and a variegated leaf coleus.

In the birdcage, a spider fern ...

November usually brings colorful trees with gold and rust, burgundy and rich browns. This year it is a little sparse, as two storms with high winds have brought down a lot of leaves before they could turn. I did get a photo of this one, in the process of changing to a lovely orangy gold.

The view in the valley prior to the storm showed some lovely changes in progress.

Pine siskins migrating south took over the bird feeder for a couple of days. There are 15 of them on the feeder in this photo, and more were hanging out ...