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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My friend has hydrangeas already in full bloom in her shady garden.

Different colors of hydrangeas blooming in the shade

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Thinking about going camping. This was taken awhile back on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington.

Woodsy waterfall in the summertime.

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Lovely sight at a walk at Richmond Beach Park in Shoreline, WA.

Magenta pink beach rose blooming in May near Puget Sound

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Had a great time vending at the Plant Sale at the Lake Wilderness Arboretum in Maple Valley, WA last weekend. This view of red Japanese maples in the afternoon light looked almost like fall colors.

Backlit Japanese maples in the Lake Wilderness Arboretum in early May

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These pink and green hydrangeas were blooming at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory last week.

Delicate tones of pink and green in these hydrangea flowers at the Conservatory

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At my favorite flower haunt, Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory, the Cactus House display is full of flowers. These tiny ones make me happy.

Teensy pink cactus flowers nestle among the spikes

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On May 1, I was walking on Capital Hill in Seattle and happened across this Native American ceremony. Not sure exactly what was going on, but there was chanting and much fragrant smudge smoke. Not your everyday kind of thing!

Chanting and smudging in this Native American event in Seattle on May Day

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I have a friend who is an amazing gardener and this is what her shaded back deck looks like this week.

Many different hosta plants in containers on a Seattle deck

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From my trip to Florida not long ago, on a visit to the Bonnet House and gardens.

Rustic thatched roof on a covered bridge

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