Hydrangeas are beautiful for such a long season.

Purple and blue tones in hydrangea petals in early fall on a sunny afternoon

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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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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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A friend grows dahlias. Wow!

Exciting yellow and orange dahlia blooms in the garden

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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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My friend Cindy has a fabulous garden and her deck is just amazing. This is just a tiny area of it! The time, money, effort, and knowledge she puts into her entire place really shows.

Yellow and white brugmansia (Angel’s trumpet) grace a deck in August in Kent, WA

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At Kubota Garden the other day, the prettiest rose hips (former roses) I’ve ever seen.

Shiny red rose hips on a wild rose in Kubota Garden in South Seattle

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A visit to Pike Place Market, so of course there were dahlias.

Pink, red and other colors of dahlias for sale at the Pike Place Market in Seattle

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Before the big rain and wind that was predicted, I picked almost all the roses in the garden.

Peace roses and a magenta pink rose in a bouquet, up close

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