Do you see the bee butt in the lower right of the photo?

Sunflower with dark center and a bee homing in

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A warm summer evening, boats, and a sunset. What could be more scenic?

Sunset at the Des Moines, WA marina

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I’ve been using a better grade of fertilizer in my little backyard vegetable garden and it has paid off beautifully. Never had such beautiful string beans, ever! The purple ones cook up green, the wax beans stay yellow, and both are easier to find and pick. All taste wonderful!

Tomatoes, zucchini and three colors of string beans from the backyard garden

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A place like no other, in the late afternoon light yesterday.

Tall canna lilies in the floral border at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory

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On our trip to Bermuda in May, this sunset over Fort Hamilton just made the scene.

Scenic view of Fort Hamilton, Bermuda (UK)

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In front of my house I have some roses, and now there are lavender plants as well. A good contrast, I think.

Different colors of lavender plants in the rose garden, with sweet alyssum in front

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This year the Tropicana rose and other roses in my front yard are much happier than last year. I’ve been using Dr. Earth fertilizer and it seems to make a huge difference. NOTE: I might be in error on the name. I think this is Fragrant Cloud. Tropicana has more pink and yellow.

Orange Tropicana rose in my garden

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The border of flowers in our backyard is doing its thing. It looks best in late light instead of today’s midday sunshine, but this is pretty nice too, no?

Lilies and other perennials in Seattle late June flower border

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A view at dusk of the cruise ship Breakaway’s deck, en route from Bermuda.

NCL Breakaway at dusk

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Finally, a good butterfly shot. Had to go all the way to Bermuda for it!

Orange and black butterfly on a flower in Bermuda, UK

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