I snuck out of the office yesterday and wandered a bit around the Woodland Park Rose Garden in Seattle. I could have spent hours there. It’s huge, two and a half acres, 280 kinds of roses, all kinds of goodies like a gazebo for weddings, a reflecting pool with water lilies, the works. It’s so much fun to see big beds of ones I recognize. I’ll be sharing a few nice shots I took there, which is one of the best parts of blogging. On with the roses!

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Yesterday the moon was almost full, but The Mountain (Mt. Rainier, our local active volcano due to blow any time) was out along with it, much more special. Let’s hope the perfect weather of mid 70s holds for a bit. The garden really needs it.

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A view of Puget Sound from Port Townsend. Wasn’t that a nice sky reflecting in the water? I like this one so much I’ve tagged it Best Post of the Week.

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The weather has been so cold and rainy in Seattle (except for that ONE magnifcent day a week ago) that I must go to the archives for a decent shadow shot. But I’m glad I remembered I had this one. I had just a second to get the photo before a car came by and the sun went behind a cloud. You’ve got to be so quick with shadows in this neck of the woods, for in just a moment it may be gone, like so many things.

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Can you see the tiny sailboat? And the reflection of the cloud on the water? This big cloud over the inlet at Fort Worden in Port Townsend really “floated my boat,” you might say. Love those puffy huge things that look like you could bounce on them.

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When we were in Port Townsend a few weeks ago, the weather was fine and the boats were out. This group might even have been having a regatta of some sort. Of course I loved the sign. Yes! Beach this way!

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This overlook is right near my house. I have been complaining about the gray, wet skies, but when I see clouds like this I am content. And besides, as a gardening friend said, it’s great for weeding.

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This is not my yard. The Wallingford area of Seattle has some older homes with lovely, modest gardens and is a great place to stroll with a camera in hand. There seems to be a lot of perennials used, stuff that keeps coming back; the easy way, in my book.

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A recent trip to Ft. Worden in Port Townsend yielded lots of fun photos and magnificent scenery. How’s this for a view?

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I like this one very much, even a week later (how quickly we move on!) and I’m tagging it Best Post of the Week.

Taken almost the same time as the photo below, this rainbow really “floated my boat.” I have seen a few rainbows in my life, but I think this one was in the most scenic setting ever. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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I like this photo very much (although it was hard deciding between this one and the one of the reflections on the ship’s hull below) and I am tagging it Best Post of the Week.