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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Our friends with the beautiful garden (see a different view of the same scene in the post below) have a pool, shiny like glass in the warm, still air the other evening.

Sunset over Puget Sound and a reflecting pool

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Friends have a very beautiful garden.

Perennial border in late summer in Seattle, WA

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Seattle’s hidden gem, the Volunteer Park Conservatory, on a recent late afternoon.

A rainbow of colorful flowers outside the beautiful Volunteer Park Conservatory

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Visiting the old, hilltop neighborhood of Port Townsend, WA recently, this pretty pink hollyhock decorated the garden of the old house we were staying in.

Deep pink single hollyhock flowers in Port Townsend, WA on an overcast day

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I was at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in the evening last week. Love the long summer days!

Colorful flowers outside the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle on a summer evening

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I have a rose garden in front of my house. A few of the roses didn’t do too well so I replaced them with lavender. I’m very happy with the combination.

Curly willow tree on the left. Roses and lavender edged with sweet alyssum

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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 got a new camera, another little Canon, the PowerShot 120. I don’t know all the features yet, but took it out in my yard. I like it!

Sun beams on a flowering apple tree, a cherry (left) and plum tree. Bluebells and an iris bud are in the foreground.

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The other day in Mukilteo, WA, near the ferry dock, a very scenic group of seagulls. Isn’t it cute the way the ones on the ground are watching her, all ready?

Woman in a red jacket feeds seagulls by the water

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