Here is the pattern of pinhole crescents projected on my house at the peak of this morning’s eclipse, courtesy of our large cedar tree. Where I live the sun was about 92% covered by the moon.

Tiny spaces between leaves and branches of a tree make a giant multi-pinhole camera for today’s eclipse

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Aren’t these unusual hollyhocks pretty? Of course, the gardeners at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle know what they are doing.

Pink and red hollyhocks at dusk in the Conservatory, under the whitewashed glass

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Our very young peach tree gave us eight peaches! When’s the last time you saw peaches with fuzz on them? Commercial growers breed that out of them for market purposes, but the store ones sure don’t smell and taste like these.

Home grown peaches, from my Seattle garden

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My new buttery yellow ‘Julia Child’ rose is so happy where I planted her. New growth, buds, everything.

Delicate tones of yellow in softly fragrant rose ‘Julia Child’

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The roses in my front yard rosebed are looking phenomenal. I think they like the hazy (smoky!) sunshine we have had for the past few days. The lack of rain is making them that much more fragrant.

‘Sundowner” floribunda rose in August bloom

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The Sequim Lavender Festival in Washington is so scenic!

One of many lavender farms in the Sequim, WA area

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I love string beans. They were my mom’s favorite vegetable, too. So fun to pick from the garden. Side note: When you cook the purple ones, they turn regular green and taste just like the green ones.

Purple, regular and yellow wax beans begin their summer abundance.

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Day lilies decorate our blue July sky.

Burgundy hemerocallis (daylily or day lily) against a clear blue sky

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She’s a little tattered, but she’s up there, and we love her, above all others. Happy Fourth of July!

The American Flag, in red, white and blue

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‘Fragrant Cloud’ blooming in my garden.

Floribunda roses have many flowers on one main stem.

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At the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle, some very unusual foxgloves blooming in the Seasonal House now.

Not your average garden foxgloves (digitalis)

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Butter yellow foxgloves and pale pink astilbe flowers at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle, WA

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Oh the joy, two new rosebushes for an anniversary gift. This beauty is ‘Julia Child,’ named in homage to the queen of butter.

Butter yellow rose, as it should be, named after American icon Julia Child. And sweetly fragrant as well.

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