My friend Cindy is quite a gardener. Here is her front entryway.

Hanging baskets and pots of flowers adorn the front of this Bonney Lake, WA home.

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There are wildfires in California and our own Washington State, an early start to the fire season.

At the Cove in Normandy Park, WA, a smoky sunset last evening

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Here’s what my back flowerbed looked like, a couple of weeks ago before this super hot weather we’re having in Seattle this year.

Dark red  and burgundy day lilies, orange and yellow alstroemeria (Peruvian lily) bloom in my July garden

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The sky was just gorgeous on this warm evening in Seattle.

Pink and lavender clouds on a warm summer evening at dusk

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May your skies always be bright. Happy longest day of the year to you!

Sun and shadow and orange sky

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One of my new David Austin roses, the delicate Carding Mill beauty.

Apricot/peachy orange color and many, many petals in this fragrant Carding Mill David Austin rose.

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This is one of those photos…I just like, even love. Hope you do too.

Yellow top, orange terra cotta pants, and a tattoo or two

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These metallic and gleaming color fields are so very beautiful to me. And padded! We went to see the ballet and this was a real bonus.

Warm, iridescent colors on the walls at McCaw Hall in Seattle

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Another brilliant frilly tulip from the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle.

Yellow parrot tulip with red-orange edges, in sunshine

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Did a tourist thing in Seattle and finally went to see the huge Starbucks Reserve roastery place downtown. My goodness gracious!

Coffee machines, copper tubing and who knows what else at the big Starbucks place in Seattle

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