I need some pretty flowers to look at. Lots of misery in the world lately.

Lavender flowers blooming in my Seattle garden in July, ready to pick for drying

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Camping and hiking in the Olympic National Forest, at Coho Campground.

Moss on trees and sword ferns in the forest.

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We went camping, and the weather was gorgeous.

Fir needles in the sunlight, Coho Campground

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Finally the warm days have made the tomato thing happen in the garden. Little, but so sweet!

Sungold and Sweet Millions cherry tomatoes, with their adorable little green caps

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My new apricot Carding Mill rose, in the tiny drizzle of moisture we got last week.

Water droplets bead up on rose petals after a tiny bit of light rain

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Not sure of the name of this multi-petalled hydrangea flower, but it sure is pretty.

Fancy double hydrangea flowers, cream and pink

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My friend’s lavender is still in bloom.

Lavender still blooming in late August, at Puget Sound in Washington State

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‘Double Delight’ rose has always been one of my top fave rosebushes. I think this is the third or fourth one that I’ve owned.

‘Double Delight’ putting on a display in the garden in August

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Seattle’s Volunteer Park was the site of an amazing group of over 30 light art installations, A Night to Awaken, by Lusio.

Illumination art near the dahlia garden in Volunteer Park

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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 roses in the front yard are loving this warm, dry weather, even though the sky is so hazy with smoke from the Canada wildfires.

Pink and red roses, with some lavender plants in my Seattle garden

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