A delicate flower in a friend’s pretty garden. Later note: Geranium “Ann Folkard.”

Some kind of geranium, perhaps, blooming in August

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Late afternoon light and its lovely shadows:

Leaf shadows decorate the trunk of a maple tree

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The name of this rose is Honor. The late afternoon light was so beautiful this evening.

The white rose ‘Honor” in the garden

And here it is in black and white. I always have such resistance to letting the color go. Which is more thrilling?

White rose macro in the garden, black and white

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Added a few days later, a sepia image. I think maybe I like this one best!

White rose close up in sepia tones

I have a bougainvillea standard (little tree) that I take inside each fall. Here it is enjoying the sunshine on our patio.

Colorful papery bracts enclose the true white flower of the bougainvillea plant.

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The glorious wax beans, in my garden yesterday; dinner tonight.

Was beans (yellow string beans) in the garden

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A warm summer evening, boats, and a sunset. What could be more scenic?

Sunset at the Des Moines, WA marina

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At the Alki Art Fair last weekend, the weather was magnificent. Here’s the view north showing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.

Perfect summer day in Seattle, from Alki Beach

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I’ve been using a better grade of fertilizer in my little backyard vegetable garden and it has paid off beautifully. Never had such beautiful string beans, ever! The purple ones cook up green, the wax beans stay yellow, and both are easier to find and pick. All taste wonderful!

Tomatoes, zucchini and three colors of string beans from the backyard garden

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Staying in Sequim for the Lavender Festival, this was in the yard where we stayed. Can’t you just smell the fragrance?

Lavender flowers in Sequim, WA backyard

Also our host baked us a cherry pie with cherries from her tree!

Home baked cherry pie, best I ever tasted.

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At last year’s Alki Art Fair there was a very happy dog at the water’s edge.

Dog smiling in the surf at Alki Beach Park in Seattle, WA

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