At the charming town of Poulsbo, WA recently, we saw this view outside a coffee shop. I took a similar photo in 2011 but I like this one better, even if the paint shows wear.

Red Adirondack chairs look out over boats in Liberty Bay in Poulsbo, WA

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Happy Fourth of July!

Long may it wave

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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!

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

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Here is something you don’t see every day. In the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, a mosaic fence.

One side of a wall of free-form mosaic art, about 6 feet tall, in Seattle, WA.

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That late afternoon light is so generous with shadows. Which image do you prefer? Long shot or close up?

Golden hour light in Des Moines, WA

Red roses cast shadows on a blue fence in the last rays of sun

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A week or two ago, driving around Burien, WA, I saw this house. Color to the max.

Sky blue house with red and pinky-purple rhododendrons

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With a friend at Richmond Beach Park in Shoreline, WA, on a warm May day.

Man and dog run and play at the shore at Richmond Beach Park in Washington

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I got to go to South Florida in February. Here is a skyscape I really like.

Layers of different kinds of clouds in the sky over Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

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Haven’t posted something from my garden in a bit. The columbines are looking lovely this year. I know that the fertilizing I did earlier helped a lot, since I didn’t do it last year and was sorry.

Pink and yellow columbine blossoms, with forget-me-nots in the background

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From my Florida trip in February, a skyscraper in Miami on a sunny day.

Sky and clouds reflected in glass-walled building in Miami, Florida

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