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Published Tuesday, June 30, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Dark cherries macro

Dark red cherries of some kind on my backyard 5-graft tree, right before I picked them. I lost the tags, so don’t know the exact name. But they are delicious! I really love this image and I am calling it my weekly Saturday Top Shot.

Shiny dark cherries hang from the tree

Shiny dark cherries hang from the tree

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Published Monday, June 29, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Orange rose

In my garden tonight, an orange rose.

Glowing orange rose in the late afternoon sunshine

Glowing orange rose in the late afternoon sunshine

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Published Sunday, June 28, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Cherry and berry harvest

Today was the day for picking fruit in our backyard. The netting on the cherry tree worked! We have a 5-graft tree from Raintree Nursery, and this is the tree’s third year. The boysenberries are good this year, too. The raspberries not so much, and the blueberries are just getting going. What treasure!

Rainier cherries, two kinds of darn cherries, Montmorency cherries (center bowl), boysenberries, raspberries and blueberries.

Clockwise from upper left: Boysenberries, Montmorency cherries, dark cherries, other dark cherries and Rainier cherries, blueberries and raspberries.

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Published Thursday, June 25, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Lavender flowers

The lavender is looking particularly beautiful this warm year.

Magical lavender in the sunlight

Magical lavender in the sunlight

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Published Wednesday, June 24, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Burgundy daylily

Of course lots of watering needed with this heatwave in Seattle (locals get crazy if it’s over 80 or so) and the water droplets on the dark daylilies only add to the beauty.

Dark purple or burgundy day lilies with yellow center

Dark purple or burgundy day lilies with yellow center

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Published Tuesday, June 23, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Potato bin

I’ve been growing potatoes in a different way, and it is looking like my best potatoes ever. My friend told me how to do it and let me collect bags of dried leaves from under her trees to use. I started with a layer of good dirt and fertilizer (about 6″), put the potatoes just under the surface, watered well, and as they grew kept adding dried leaves, letting some green tops stay uncovered, keeping it well watered, adding more leaves as I could. This bin was started at the very end of April, and look at it today! Below are the flowers from the red potatoes.

Landscape cloth stapled to some wooden stakes form the outside of this backyard potato bin.

Landscape cloth stapled to some wooden stakes form the outside of this backyard potato bin.

Lavender potato flowers from red potatoes

Lavender potato flowers from red potatoes

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Published Wednesday, June 10, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Pink peony with yellow center

I adore peonies. These delicate flowers are from my garden.

Pink peony with bright yellow center

Pink peony with bright yellow center

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Published Sunday, June 7, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Columbine in shadow

The columbines look very good this year. They respond very well to an acid fertilizer in the spring, and the flowers are big and plentiful. Here is one pretty one in a shaft of sunlight, with some rose campion in the foreground.

Yellow and red columbine (aquilegia) in the shade

Yellow and red columbine (aquilegia) in the shade

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Published Monday, June 1, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Pink and white peonies

More peonies.

Delicate pink and white peonies, with a dash of red, in my garden

Delicate pink and white peonies, with a dash of red, in my garden

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Published Saturday, May 30, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Pink peonies in the garden

My peonies are blooming. All is well with the world.

Lush pink peonies blooming in the garden

Lush pink peonies blooming in the garden

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