Not everyone knows that the lavender plant comes in several colors, and one is pink!

Pink lavender blooming in my rose garden

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We were lucky enough to have a good rain; Seattle has been quite dry this spring. All the garden plants enjoyed it.

Water droplets like jewels on ribbed hosta leaves. Note the flower buds emerging.

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From the garden of a friend in Kent, Washington, with its beautiful color harmony of pinks and purples.

Garden archway in the Pacific Northwest, with pink astilbe on the right

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Our berry bushes are producing! Thankfully neither the squirrels or the birds seem that interested.

Red raspberries, just picked

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This lavender is at the perfect stage for picking and drying.

Lavender buds just starting to open

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Went to visit a friend in New York and we went to the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. I had never seen the huge rose garden there, which was at its peak. If you can ever go, do so. This is less than half of it.

Magnificent triangular rose garden at peak bloom, in New York Botanical Garden

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Was lucky enough to have a little picnic the other day at a new place to me, Mt. Baker Beach. Here’s the pier:

City of Bellevue WA in the distance, from Mt. Baker Beach park in Seattle

And here’s the little park where we had a picnic. Isn’t that inviting?

Picnic tables in the distance on a perfect picnic day

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From the other side of the year, some peonies on a black glass table, from my garden.

Pink and white peonies and a round bud in a bouquet.

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Our backyard grape vine is doing pretty well this year. We might get ten bunches! The raccoons decimated the plums but haven’t taken all of these (yet). So sweet and delicious. If you can, plant a grapevine.

Backyard interlaken seedless, red, table grape vine, ripening well in Seattle’s short summer.

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Still…there are roses.

Lavender, red, and yellow roses in a late summer bouquet from the garden

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