Went to the Seattle Aquarium and adored the clownfish. Nemo!!

Orange, black and white clownfish swimming in the Seattle Aquarium

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A friend grows dahlias. Wow!

Exciting yellow and orange dahlia blooms in the garden

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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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Friends have a very beautiful garden.

Perennial border in late summer in Seattle, WA

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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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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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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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This ring of fresh peppers in primary colors was at Seattle’s iconic Pike Place Market. Spicy!

Rings of colorful hot peppers outside the Pike Place Market in Seattle

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This handsome black shorebird was posing in the Seattle Aquarium’s shore birds exhibit.

Adult oystercatcher bird at the Seattle Aquarium

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From a few weeks ago, a hot day at Salmon La Sac WA campground. It was very dry.

Forest scene in the Pacific Northwest in August

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