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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Dark red cherries of some kind on my backyard 5-graft tree, right before I picked them. I lost the tags, so don’t know the exact name. But they are delicious! I really love this image and I am calling it my weekly Saturday Top Shot.

Shiny dark cherries hang from the tree

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Today was the day for picking fruit in our backyard. The netting on the cherry tree worked! We have a 5-graft tree from Raintree Nursery, and this is the tree’s third year. The boysenberries are good this year, too. The raspberries not so much, and the blueberries are just getting going. What treasure!

Clockwise from upper left: Boysenberries, Montmorency cherries, dark cherries, other dark cherries and Rainier cherries, blueberries and raspberries.

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Maple Valley Days last weekend at Lake Wilderness Park, display of wonderful old vehicles.

Antique red fire truck in Lake Wilderness Park, Maple Valley, WA

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Lovely sight at a walk at Richmond Beach Park in Shoreline, WA.

Magenta pink beach rose blooming in May near Puget Sound

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On Capitol Hill in Seattle today, a LARGE bunch of balloons.

Man carrying bunch of many red balloons

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In my driveway yesterday, a visitor’s car in a sunbreak.

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Trees and sky reflected on black car in fall scene

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A local parking lot after lots of rain.

Shiny parking lot with leaves and tree reflections

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This is a close up of a cotoneaster (ka-tone-ee-AST-er) shrub in our yard, beloved by birds and photographers alike. The berries are small, about the size of a pea, and they adorn the arching branches in fall and winter. I was amazed to learn its pronunciation, by the way. I was sure it would be something like cotton-Easter. But no.

Bright red cotoneaster berries add color and bird food to a backyard

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My friend Sherry has a fabulous garden and cans her own food. I am envious!

Pickled stringbeans, canned carrots and other goodies from the garden, home canned in jars.

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