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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Friends have a very beautiful garden.

Perennial border in late summer in Seattle, WA

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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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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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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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From a few weeks ago, a hot day at Salmon La Sac WA campground. It was very dry.

Forest scene in the Pacific Northwest in August

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A (dracena??) plant at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory.

Spiky green leaves and sunlight make a pattern at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle

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View from the walkway outside of Pike Place Market. Doesn’t it have a 30s feel?

Towering skyscraper near Pike Place Market in Seattle

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Before the big rain and wind that was predicted, I picked almost all the roses in the garden.

Peace roses and a magenta pink rose in a bouquet, up close

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The cream-colored brugmansias (Angels Trumpets) with their long, twisty buds are now in Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory! I adore them, and the scent is truly of the angels.

Pale brugmansia in late afternoon light begin blooming, with croton in the background

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