The overlook around the block from my house was bathed in pink the other evening.

Scenic view of Puget Sound at sunset from Normandy Park, Washington

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They predicted rain, quite a bit, so I went out and cut the fully open roses. What a fine idea I had.

Garden roses in lavender and shades of pink and red, in a late summer bouquet

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We went to a Punjabi engagement party, at a beautiful home on Lake Washington. These four men chatting on the pier at dusk made a fine image.

Indian men standing on a pier at Lake Washington in Seattle, at sunset

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Combine perfect flowers, perfect weather, and a blue sky, in the late afternoon sunlight…

Lavender-pink cosmos reaches to the sunny blue sky

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Seattle has been having such a magnificent summer. I love the warm, clear evenings.

A soft pink sky and a few birds at dusk in early September in Seattle

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At the Arts-A-Glow Lantern Festival in Burien yesterday, someone had rigged up glowing rainbow lights to his platform shoes.

Rainbow LED lights decorate a pair of shoes

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At a friend’s lovely home. Notice the reflection of the round window opposite the picture on the wall!

White hydrangeas in a vase and a stargazer lily blossom on a blue tablecloth

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I love rose gardens.

August bloom in the rose garden at Point Defiance park in Tacoma, WA

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It’s great what the right light can do for a macro flower photo. Such an ordinary flower, but so amazing in good light.

White cosmos with yellow center bloom in August in my Seattle garden

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Friends have the most beautiful garden you can imagine, with a view that just won’t quit. Here is a small visitor checking out the pool on a warm evening recently.

Child peers at floats in a pool, in a garden near Puget Sound in Washington

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