A recent visit to Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory had pretty blue salvia, a lovely annual, planted in the beds in front.

Purple-blue salvia spike flowers, with a touch of white

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In the North Fork of the Skokomish River in the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, my eagle-eyed hubby saw these bull trout fish. They like clear, unpolluted waters (don’t we all?) and these looked to be almost two feet long. How many can you see?

Several large bull trout fish hang out near the bridge at Staircase Campground in Washington

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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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Sometimes you can see the sky by looking down.

Blue sky and clouds reflected in the water near a boat ramp

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There’s a lovely Japanese garden at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, WA. In the pond is a brilliantly red (miniature) pagoda.

Scenic red pagoda in the Japanese garden in Pt. Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington

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I rarely post black and white images, but for this shot of Puget Sound from Redondo, WA, I will make an exception.

Monochromatic photo of dramatic sky and calm Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest

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Our brief camping trip last week was sadly rained out, but before we left of course I took some photos.

Raindrop on evergreen branch, with the Ohanapecosh River all brown and rushing in the background

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Friends have the most beautiful garden you can imagine, with a view that just won’t quit. Here is a small visitor checking out the pool on a warm evening recently.

Child peers at floats in a pool, in a garden near Puget Sound in Washington

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We went camping last week, southeast of Mt. Rainier in Washington. At first the local river, the Ohanapecosh River (pronounced o-HANA-puh-cosh), was clear and gorgeous.

The Ohahapecosh River at the La Wis Wis campground in Lewis County, Washington

Then (bonus image time!) it rained very, very hard. Here is the same river, a few miles upstream, after much rain.

The Ohanapecosh River in Lewis County, WA, after heavy rains

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The weather was quite cool and damp at the Alki Art Fair this weekend, but Seattleites are a hardy bunch and many came out to stroll and shop. Even gray skies can be scenic!

Looking north to Seattle’s Space Needle, from Alki Beach, under dramatic gray skies

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