Finally the warm days have made the tomato thing happen in the garden. Little, but so sweet!

Sungold and Sweet Millions cherry tomatoes, with their adorable little green caps

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My first visit to Bellevue Botanical Garden this week.

Purple Dutch irises at the perennial path

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An extremely charming garden, PowellsWood garden in Federal Way, WA. Definitely worth a visit.

Orange-red geum flowers at a curving brick path in PowellsWood garden.

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Many of the roofs in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico have plants in pots at the roof’s edge over the street. I do wonder about earthquakes, if not high winds.

Agave plants in terra cotta pots on the roof’s edge, in San Miguel

Agave spiky leaves and shadows on a roof in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

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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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I’ve lived in the Seattle area for twelve years now, and this is my first visit to Discovery Park in Magnolia, today. How beautiful it is.

Sparkling waters of Puget Sound from overlook at Discovery Park in Seattle

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Here’s a very springlike display from last year at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory, on the first day of spring. #vpc #springflowers

Pretty spring flowers, indoors and out, at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory

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Coneflower, or echinacea, is a beautiful garden perennial and I wish I had some in my garden. This was taken at a local garden tour.

Orange coneflower or echinacea blooms in the July sunshine

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The pond at Seattle’s Arboretum, at the end of May. As far as I am concerned, you can’t get much more scenic than this.

Tall yellow flowers at the edge of a reflecting pond in Seattle’s Arboretum

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Just a few short weeks ago, the Japanese magnolia in my backyard was in bloom. This photo is one of my very top faves and I am calling it my weekly Top Shot.

Pink and white Japanese magnolia blossom, up close

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