The columbines look very good this year. They respond very well to an acid fertilizer in the spring, and the flowers are big and plentiful. Here is one pretty one in a shaft of sunlight, with some rose campion in the foreground.

Yellow and red columbine (aquilegia) in the shade

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Strolling down the streets of Burien, WA on its monthly Art Walk, such a lovely evening! That’s me, with the hat.

Bright red guitar, seen from the back, on break.

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More peonies.

Delicate pink and white peonies, with a dash of red, in my garden

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Chive plants are great. Months of tasty herbs for the kitchen, and pretty flowers, too!

Mauve -pink flowers of the chive plant, with a baby plum tree in the distance, in my backyard

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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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With a friend at Richmond Beach Park in Shoreline, WA, on a warm May day.

Man and dog run and play at the shore at Richmond Beach Park in Washington

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Had a great time vending at the Plant Sale at the Lake Wilderness Arboretum in Maple Valley, WA last weekend. This view of red Japanese maples in the afternoon light looked almost like fall colors.

Backlit Japanese maples in the Lake Wilderness Arboretum in early May

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At my favorite flower haunt, Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory, the Cactus House display is full of flowers. These tiny ones make me happy.

Teensy pink cactus flowers nestle among the spikes

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Yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far, over 70 degrees F and sunny. And it was my birthday! I celebrated by going outside and smelling the lilacs all blooming.

Close up of lilac panicle with double flowers

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I got a new camera, another little Canon, the PowerShot 120. I don’t know all the features yet, but took it out in my yard. I like it!

Sun beams on a flowering apple tree, a cherry (left) and plum tree. Bluebells and an iris bud are in the foreground.

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