Dahlias are the queen of late summer flowers.

Magenta, yellow, orange and red dahlia in sunshine

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A warm evening tonight in Seattle, at the Great Wheel by the waterfront.

Early evening at the Great Wheel in Seattle, reflected in Puget Sound

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In my friend’s dahlia garden, this mandala bud.

Pointy, red-orange petals of a dahlia bud

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A friend’s garden is loaded with grapes. These green ones are not quite ripe, but still so pretty.

Bunches of green grapes hanging on the vine, soaking up the sun

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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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A flower from my yard, a cosmos.

Cosmos blossom with magenta single petals and a bright yellow center

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This ring of fresh peppers in primary colors was at Seattle’s iconic Pike Place Market. Spicy!

Rings of colorful hot peppers outside the Pike Place Market in Seattle

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At Kubota Garden the other day, the prettiest rose hips (former roses) I’ve ever seen.

Shiny red rose hips on a wild rose in Kubota Garden in South Seattle

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Wish I’d thought to take one of these to sprinkle in my garden.

Dried seed heads of a poppy plant in a garden, about knee high or so

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Haven’t posted a flower in a bit. This stunning hibiscus was blooming at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory.

Deep orange-red hibiscus flower in full bloom

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