For this week's Floral Friday contribution I thought I would share with you this tower of poinsettia from the Seymour Conservatory in Tacoma.

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My contribution to this week's Floral Friday. I will gladly accept help on the name of this one.

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Tonight I'm going to lay out a challenge. It's Floral Friday, and I want you to name this flower.

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From our recent trip north to the Seymour Conservatory in Tacoma, I give you Orchidaceae Colmanara Wildcat "Bobcat" as my contribution to this week's Floral Friday. I really liked the way the light made the colors so vivid.

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How could one be so lucky as to take one photo and get a "Two For One" special? Taken a week or so ago before the skies opened up and turned a dull shade of gray, this versatile shot covers both "Floral Friday and SkyWatch Friday in one.

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First of all I wanted to let you all know that yesterday was my lovely wife's birthday. I won't whisper her age, that would only get me hurt. She had a wonderful day, and I believe one of the best birthdays she has had in some time.

Also, I want to thank those of you that followed my "Cider Sunday" series this past week. We had a great time going, and couldn't wait to share at least a part of it with all of you. For today's post I thought I'd turn our attention to one of the most under-appreciated flowers, the dandelion. We pass them by all the time, writing them off as a nuisance, just a weed. Maybe, but I thought I would make it my contribution to Floral Friday.

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Do you ever feel like you're okay, but everything around you is a little fuzzy?

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Even though this shot wasn't taken today I thought it would make a nice first contribution to my wonderful wife Krise's newest venture and blog, Floral Friday. This was taken at the W.W. Seymour Conservatory at Wright Park in Tacoma. So good luck honey, I love you and this orchid's for you.

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