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Published Thursday, June 26, 2014, OK personal/derivative use; link
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These peach daylilies with faintly striped petals are the very first to bloom in my garden.
Peach daylily with yellow throat after a gentle rain
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Published Wednesday, June 25, 2014, OK personal/derivative use; link
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My front yard has roses and lavender. Life is good.
Red roses and lavender in the late afternoon sun
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Published Tuesday, June 24, 2014, OK personal/derivative use; link
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For some reason, lavender does VERY well in my garden, even bestowing little volunteer plants. I have the munstead type and a pink one, which is even more vigorous. Garden tip: For drying, pick the flowers when they are still closed up, like the ones below. Just a loose bunch of stems wrapped with twine and hung upside down on a nail will do it.
Fragrant lavender blooms in late June in Seattle
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Published Monday, June 23, 2014, OK personal/derivative use; link
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Sweet peas are some of the more challenging flowers to photograph. In person they are delicate, graceful and charming, but most of my photos fail to show them to advantage. Maybe next time.
Magenta and purple sweet peas climb a fence in my garden
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Published Saturday, June 21, 2014, OK personal/derivative use; link
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I have been posting quite a few flower macros lately, but feel compelled to show you this one, taken just a couple of hours ago, showing my Double Delight rose incandescently reaching to the sun on the longest day of the year. Here in cloudy Seattle we appreciate the sun, perhaps more than other places. Happy Solstice and Happy Summer! I really love this image and I am calling it my weekly Top Shot.
Macro of Double Delight rose in the garden
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Published Thursday, June 19, 2014, OK personal/derivative use; link
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Found a picture that my brother took last year at this time of me in my garden.
Photoblogger Sara at her patio garden, June 2013
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Published Thursday, June 19, 2014, OK personal/derivative use; link
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I saw this honeysuckle vine growing and blooming in a vacant property, in a lot of shade. I realized that it must be some tough plant, and took two small pieces home, and one rooted. Now this is blooming on the north side of my house. I really appreciate plants that flower in full shade, and it’s fragrant to boot!
Pink and yellow honeysuckle vine blooms in the shade
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Published Tuesday, June 17, 2014, OK personal/derivative use; link
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Eating out at Ivar’s at the Seattle waterfront the other evening, this ferry boat was pulling in right nearby. So scenic!
Green and white car ferry docks downtown in Seattle
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Published Tuesday, June 17, 2014, OK personal/derivative use; link
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Sometimes the rain can create much beauty.
Raindrops on a pink rose and its leaf
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Published Saturday, June 14, 2014, OK personal/derivative use; link
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It rained yesterday and it was gentle enough to just bejewel the roses.
Peace rose with water droplets
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Published Friday, June 13, 2014, OK personal/derivative use; link
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Today is my hubby’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Rick!
Multi-colored roses and a peony from our garden in a birthday bouquet
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Published Tuesday, June 10, 2014, OK personal/derivative use; link
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Another image from my recent visit to the South Seattle College Arboretum (see the posts below), taken near the Alki Cafe (surprisingly delicious food). Mountain laurel certainly seems related to rhododendron, no?
Red and pink mountain laurel
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