Have I mentioned that it’s been raining for quite a while? Here’s a sky from the other side of the year, in May.

Sunny springtime sky with white puffy clouds

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Took a walk today during the break from the rain.

Graceful, lacy, red and orange leaves in autumn sunshine

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Another April Skagit Valley tulip shot from the archives. I really like this one.

Magenta tulips in a field in Skagit Valley, Washington

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It’s from the opposite side of the year, so maybe tulips are blooming now in Australia? In any case, a visit to my tulip archive yielded this cheerful picture.

Pink tulips with magenta edges bloomed in Skajit County Tulip Fest in April

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Not too long ago we went camping at Staircase, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, and took a hike near the river there.

River scene on a sunny day

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Dahlias are loving the long, warm summer that Seattle is enjoying so much this year.

Red-and-yellow and purple dahlias in early fall sunshine

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California poppies (the State Flower of California) are so beautiful in their simplicity. Very pretty and dependable in the garden, but reseed almost too easily. I deadhead to keep them from taking over.

Orange California poppies in my Seattle garden

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At Seattle’s Volunteer Park on Sunday, there was a horse, a rider and a person walking.

A horse and rider walk through the park on a sunny afternoon

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Combine perfect flowers, perfect weather, and a blue sky, in the late afternoon sunlight…

Lavender-pink cosmos reaches to the sunny blue sky

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We went camping. Here is a view of the blue sky reflected in the beautiful North Fork of the Skokomish River on a late summer afternoon.

Clear water meanders down the North Fork of the Skokomish River in the Olympic Peninsula, Washington

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