From the archives, a beautiful May day in Port Townsend, WA.

White sails on the blue water

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There was a brief bit of sun late in the day and it lit up an orange tree.

Red and orange leaves in fall sunshine

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I took the houseplants in and now the autumn sun comes in this window. My favorite place to read.

Pink velvet reading chair in front of a sunny window

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Just a few weeks ago the last segments of Seattle’s viaduct were still standing. Now they are no more.

Ubiquitous rental bikes near one of the last remaining pieces of the viaduct, with cranes in the background

Bonus image!

One of the last viaduct segments remaining, with a pedestrian bridge to the ferry

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Even though it’s fall now, May sounds pretty good to me. This is a scene from my May backyard a few years ago.

Meadow rue, tulips, geum, and other spring flowers

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The roses in sunbeams.

My rose bed, with lavender and some grasses for contrast

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Not everyone knows that the lavender plant comes in several colors, and one is pink!

Pink lavender blooming in my rose garden

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Our berry bushes are producing! Thankfully neither the squirrels or the birds seem that interested.

Red raspberries, just picked

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This lavender is at the perfect stage for picking and drying.

Lavender buds just starting to open

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In the Carl S. English Jr. Botanical Garden in Seattle, a brilliantly sun-dappled path invites a stroll.

Old trees overarch this path in the park on a sunny May day.

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Was lucky enough to have a little picnic the other day at a new place to me, Mt. Baker Beach. Here’s the pier:

City of Bellevue WA in the distance, from Mt. Baker Beach park in Seattle

And here’s the little park where we had a picnic. Isn’t that inviting?

Picnic tables in the distance on a perfect picnic day

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This perennial plant with huge leaves emerging at the Seatac Highline Botanical Garden might be ‘Smaragd’ bronzeleaf rodgersia (R. podophylla ‘Smaragd’) because that’s what looks closest on google images. Let me know if that’s not right.

Toothed and notched huge leaves of bronzeleaf rodgersia. I think.

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