I have a rose garden in front of my house. A few of the roses didn’t do too well so I replaced them with lavender. I’m very happy with the combination.

Curly willow tree on the left. Roses and lavender edged with sweet alyssum

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Saw this at the Burien (WA) Art Walk on Thursday. Such beautiful garden flowers.

Assorted vibrant garden flowers in primary colors

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Happy Fourth of July!

Long may it wave

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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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The lavender is looking particularly beautiful this warm year.

Magical lavender in the sunlight

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Of course lots of watering needed with this heatwave in Seattle (locals get crazy if it’s over 80 or so) and the water droplets on the dark daylilies only add to the beauty.

Dark purple or burgundy day lilies with yellow center

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I’ve been growing potatoes in a different way, and it is looking like my best potatoes ever. My friend told me how to do it and let me collect bags of dried leaves from under her trees to use. I started with a layer of good dirt and fertilizer (about 6″), put the potatoes just under the surface, watered well, and as they grew kept adding dried leaves, letting some green tops stay uncovered, keeping it well watered, adding more leaves as I could. This bin was started at the very end of April, and look at it today! Below are the flowers from the red potatoes.

Landscape cloth stapled to some wooden stakes form the outside of this backyard potato bin.

Lavender potato flowers from red potatoes

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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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That late afternoon light is so generous with shadows. Which image do you prefer? Long shot or close up?

Golden hour light in Des Moines, WA

Red roses cast shadows on a blue fence in the last rays of sun

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Thinking about going camping. This was taken awhile back on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington.

Woodsy waterfall in the summertime.

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