Our red table-grape vine has been in the ground two or three years now. This year, with the warm weather, the vine has earned its keep. Side note: These grapes appear to be Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2015, Marsala.

Most of the seedless grapes picked today. So sweet!

Delicious red seedless grapes from my backyard vine

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These shiny tropical flowers, really bracts, are so pretty and much easier to photograph than matte flowers. Anthuriums are also called “sweetheart flowers” and “little boy flowers.” Must be the heart shape, right?

Pink anthurium at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory, at night

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Went to fun Oktoberfest at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory and really loved the evening lighting on the blooming, heavenly scented flowers. No wonder they call them Angel’s Trumpets!

Golden yellow brugmansia or Angel’s Trumpet blooms in the nighttime at the Conservatory in Seattle

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The day after a good wind is a fine thing for leaf hounds. Freshly fallen leaves are so colorful!

Red, yellow, orange and pink maple leaves on the green lawn of early fall

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Dahlias are the queen of late summer flowers.

Magenta, yellow, orange and red dahlia in sunshine

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Hydrangeas are beautiful for such a long season.

Purple and blue tones in hydrangea petals in early fall on a sunny afternoon

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Guess I’m just in a macro mood lately. From an afternoon garden party on one of the finest days Seattle can offer.

Condensation on a cold rose wine, on a warm day in the garden

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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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A friend’s garden is loaded with grapes. These green ones are not quite ripe, but still so pretty.

Bunches of green grapes hanging on the vine, soaking up the sun

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Such a simple but complex flower. I really love this image and I am calling it my Best Post of the Week.

Single petalled Japanese anemone with yellow center

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