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Published Friday, May 22, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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I got to go to South Florida in February. Here is a skyscape I really like.

Layers of different kinds of clouds in the sky over Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
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Published Monday, May 18, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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A fancy kind of abutilon (‘Tiger’s Eye’), with dark purple bud casings. Seen (of course!) at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory.

Red, yellow and orange veins, and a dark, velvety bud casing in this small tropical flower.
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Published Saturday, May 16, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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Published Friday, May 15, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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We volunteered to be servers in the truly wonderful FareStart program in Seattle. It helps at-risk and homeless people learn restaurant skills and turn their lives around. They have a guest chef every Thursday. This sign was in the kitchen.

“Your Comfort Zone -> Greatness” sign in the FareStart kitchen
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Published Thursday, May 14, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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Browsing through my archives, I found this image of how the horse pasture next to our backyard used to be a few years ago. I miss Tawny. Now a big house is being built there.

Purple lupines and a recovered wild mustang horse named Tawny
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Animals,Flowers,Landscape,My Garden,Outdoor Wednesday,Skywatch Friday
Published Wednesday, May 13, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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Haven’t posted something from my garden in a bit. The columbines are looking lovely this year. I know that the fertilizing I did earlier helped a lot, since I didn’t do it last year and was sorry.

Pink and yellow columbine blossoms, with forget-me-nots in the background
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Flowers,Macro Monday,My Garden,Outdoor Wednesday,Pink Saturday
Published Tuesday, May 12, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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Had a great time vending at the Plant Sale at the Lake Wilderness Arboretum in Maple Valley, WA last weekend. This view of red Japanese maples in the afternoon light looked almost like fall colors.

Backlit Japanese maples in the Lake Wilderness Arboretum in early May
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Landscape,Nature,Outdoor Wednesday,Ruby Tuesday,Shadow Sunday
Published Monday, May 11, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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These pink and green hydrangeas were blooming at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory last week.

Delicate tones of pink and green in these hydrangea flowers at the Conservatory
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Published Friday, May 8, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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I was at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory last week. These pretty tropical flowers, which I can’t begin to describe, are maybe an inch tall (2.5 cm). Anyone know the name?

Small red and yellow tropical flowers at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle
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Flowers,Macro Monday,Pink Saturday,Ruby Tuesday
Published Thursday, May 7, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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Seattle does have a lot of gray skies, but we can handle it when they look like this.

Plenty of rain in these clouds over the Seattle skyline
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Buildings,Landscape,Outdoor Wednesday,Ruby Tuesday,Skywatch Friday
Published Thursday, May 7, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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At my favorite flower haunt, Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory, the Cactus House display is full of flowers. These tiny ones make me happy.

Teensy pink cactus flowers nestle among the spikes
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Flowers,Macro Monday,Pink Saturday
Published Tuesday, May 5, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link
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On May 1, I was walking on Capital Hill in Seattle and happened across this Native American ceremony. Not sure exactly what was going on, but there was chanting and much fragrant smudge smoke. Not your everyday kind of thing!

Chanting and smudging in this Native American event in Seattle on May Day
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