From a trip to Flamingo Gardens in Florida earlier this year.

Deep orange flamingos feed while standing in water, at Flamingo Gardens in Florida

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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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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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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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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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At Pike Place Market the other day. Skies are smoky from the wildfires burning in the rest of Washington.

People sit at a counter with a view of the smoky skies and the Great Wheel in Seattle

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My friend Cindy has the most amazing deck, filled with blooming flowers everywhere.

Many colorful flowers blooming on a wooden deck

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