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Published Tuesday, September 22, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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From a trip to Flamingo Gardens in Florida earlier this year.

Deep orange flamingos feed while standing in water, at Flamingo Gardens in Florida
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Published Monday, September 21, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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Guess I’m just in a macro mood lately. From an afternoon garden party on one of the finest days Seattle can offer.

Condensation on a cold rose wine, on a warm day in the garden
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Published Sunday, September 20, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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In my friend’s dahlia garden, this mandala bud.

Pointy, red-orange petals of a dahlia bud
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Published Saturday, September 19, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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A friend’s garden is loaded with grapes. These green ones are not quite ripe, but still so pretty.

Bunches of green grapes hanging on the vine, soaking up the sun
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Published Saturday, September 19, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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Such a simple but complex flower. I really love this image and I am calling it my Best Post of the Week.

Single petalled Japanese anemone with yellow center
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Published Thursday, September 17, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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Went to the Seattle Aquarium and adored the clownfish. Nemo!!

Orange, black and white clownfish swimming in the Seattle Aquarium
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Published Wednesday, September 16, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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A friend grows dahlias. Wow!

Exciting yellow and orange dahlia blooms in the garden
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Published Monday, September 14, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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Our friends with the beautiful garden (see a different view of the same scene in the post below) have a pool, shiny like glass in the warm, still air the other evening.

Sunset over Puget Sound and a reflecting pool
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Published Sunday, September 13, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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Friends have a very beautiful garden.

Perennial border in late summer in Seattle, WA
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Published Friday, September 11, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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A flower from my yard, a cosmos.

Cosmos blossom with magenta single petals and a bright yellow center
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Published Friday, September 11, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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Another Seattle tourist spot that I seem to have missed until now: the gum wall. I admit I found it entertaining.

Many colors of gum decorate the alley near Pike Place Market in Seattle
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Published Thursday, September 10, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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I’ve lived in the Seattle area for twelve years now, and this is my first visit to Discovery Park in Magnolia, today. How beautiful it is.

Sparkling waters of Puget Sound from overlook at Discovery Park in Seattle
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