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Published Monday, September 5, 2022, OK personal/derivative use; link
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This year is amazing and we are only getting started. This is about 3 pounds of Early Girl tomatoes, with the window reflecting on the shiny surface.

Early Girl tomatoes, just picked
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Published Wednesday, August 31, 2022, OK personal/derivative use; link
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This must be a good ten pounds of tomatoes. They are pulling over the trellis with their abundance. Time for some mozzarella and basil for the best caprese salad. Bonus macro shot below!

Early Girl and Sungold tomatoes in the late August harvest

Sungold cherry tomatoes in the late afternoon light
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Published Monday, August 22, 2022, OK personal/derivative use; link
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In a local Seattle park, I saw a different kind of hosta that’s only starting to bloom right now in mid-August, much later than mine at home nearby. The starry white flowers had a sweet fragrance.

White flowers and unopened buds grace this sweet smelling hosta
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Published Thursday, August 18, 2022, OK personal/derivative use; link
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Late afternoon light on the patio. Such sharp shadows!

Sweet alyssum and red geranium flowers on my patio
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Published Monday, August 15, 2022, OK personal/derivative use; link
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I love these tiny, lacy flowers within the flowers, within the flowers! that some hydrangeas have. With our acidic soils here in the Pacific Northwest, they are certainly blue!

hydrangea in the garden
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Published Sunday, August 14, 2022, OK personal/derivative use; link
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I guess the fertilizing and compost I added at the right time, plus the fact that the bushes are over a dozen years old, had something to do with the incredible blueberry harvest this year. YUM. The pie was the best ever.

Sweet blueberries, ready for a pie
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Published Wednesday, August 10, 2022, OK personal/derivative use; link
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I am lucky enough to have surprisingly good conditions for growing lavender. Most of it is pretty much spent at this time of year, but the lavender grosso blooms latest and is still nice to pick and dry. Intensely fragrant, it’s good in little organza bags in your closet to repel moths. But maybe I should make a wreath?

Just harvested lavender grosso, ready to dry for sachet or cooking.
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Published Thursday, August 4, 2022, OK personal/derivative use; link
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The deeply colored stargazers look good this year, with the red and orange daylilies as a backdrop.

Speckled and glorious stargazer lilies bloom in my garden
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Published Monday, August 1, 2022, OK personal/derivative use; link
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The recent warm weather in Seattle has been beautiful and sunny, true summertime for me.

Cherry tree in late afternoon light
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Published Sunday, July 31, 2022, OK personal/derivative use; link
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This year my sweetpeas have done so well. I’ve learned that they really do need loose, fertile soil and a lot of sun. Even in this heatwave (Seattle is having a record-breaking five days over 90), they are blooming so beautifully. They seem to be most fragrant in the late afternoons and early evenings, after the sun has faded.

Garden sweetpeas.
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Published Sunday, July 24, 2022, OK personal/derivative use; link
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I fertilized the blueberry bushes at the right time this spring, and I wasn’t stingy. They really liked it. These are almost the size of a quarter. We use mosquito netting and clothespins to close up the edges because the birds would eat them all. I think a pie is in our future.

Cluster of large ripe blueberries, ready to pick
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Published Friday, July 22, 2022, OK personal/derivative use; link
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A very nice volunteer plant in my Seattle garden, grows in a clump with those cute clover-type leaves, blooms OK in shade or sun.

Pretty pink oxalis with red centers
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