Jenna Branch

A peach-pink rose with frilly inner petals and cupped outer petals against green rose leaves.

Roald Dahl rose in bloom. 😊

Flower posey in a canning jar with an orange central rose framed by purple roses, chive blossoms, and nodding orgegano.

First bouquet of the season. 😊

White and pale lavender with cream-edged petals iris bloom with a backdrop of purple blooming Foxtail rosemary.

First of the large bearded iris in bloom.

A red and yellow columbine blossom with a purple blooming rosemary behind.

First bloom from the native columbine start I planted last year.

An ivory white flowering quince bloom surrounded by leaves and grass.

White bearded iris with a purple splash on the largest petals rise out of a rock wall garden.

Purple sweet violets emerging from dry grass and leaves

A species tulip blooming with vibrant pink-tipped petals and a white and purple center.

Even more blooming things to hold onto:

A white, fluffy cat snoozes on his back, with one paw stretched out to meet his human assistant's hand.

Work-from-couch assistant. 😊

A daffodil in yellow with a darker yellow, frilly center.

Narcissus in white with contrasting orange and white petals in the center.

Small narcissi, frilly white blossoms with a dark yellow center.

Grape hyacinth with dark purple bells topped with royal blue bells

A few blooming things.

Adjacent snoozers are glad we're back from vacation. 😊

End of winter quarter grading buddy.

Zinnias from the summer, dried.

Abercrombie is excellent! Guy Gavriel Kay has a new book out soon also. ♥️

Tree branches, bare of leaves, rise into a cloudless blue sky.

Lunchtime pruning in the plum tree.

A round, baked loaf of sourdough bread in a cooking rack in front of a green tile wall.

Sourdough loaf, second attempt!

A white and brown fluffy cat is curled in an assortment of blankets, deeply asleep.

Snoozing after a windy afternoon.

A walkway light topped with a 4 inch marshmallow of snow.

Snow accumulation on an Asian pear tree against a grey snow sky.

Dark red hellebore bloom held up by a bare hand over snow.

Cream and pink-edged hellebore bloom held up by a bare hand against a backdrop of deep snow.

Profound gratitude for a rare snow day.

A branch of silver willow in bloom

Cream and pink hellebore in bloom

Mt. Aso pink willow branch in bloom

A single, tiny snowdrop in bloom

Attempting to hold fast in whatever way I can.

Outdoor snowscape with a line of dark trees next to a path, electric blue reflections on glass and horizontal open blinds.

Ephemeral snow reflections before bed.

A brown tabby cat snoozes with one white paw resting in my hand.

This guy.

A fluffy white and brown cat is curled on blue and grey blankets. His tail touches his head.

This sweet cat man is a whole mood today.

A red card with gold and blue decorations that reads, Year of the Snake, 2025.

Campus Lunar New Year celebration as an act of resistance and resilience with ic* agents in all the communities surrounding us but not yet ours.

In other news, today I learned: fossilized vomit is called regurgitalite.

Tiny crystals of frost cover the pink flowers on a low-growing heather bush.

Lace-like frost on pink heather.

A turquoise and purple sequined pillow reflects a sprinkling of turquoise light on walls and ceiling.

Also morning

He is the captain, now.

There was already tea in there. 😅

Morning. Almost poured cereal in the teapot.

A red amaryllis blossom with white stripes radiating out from the center.

If this amaryllis can keep on blooming, so can I.

A white and brown cat is visible snoozing on a hammock behind a computer monitor with a picture of a tree on the screen.

Work-adjacent buddy. 😊

No pictures because I was driving, but the Wolf Moon over the snow-covered Cascades at sunset was extraordinary tonight. ♥️

A glass jar on a countertop with sourdough starter in it. The jar is labeled "Mister Sourdough."

Several years and one pandemic too late, but here I go.