I’ve been using a better grade of fertilizer in my little backyard vegetable garden and it has paid off beautifully. Never had such beautiful string beans, ever! The purple ones cook up green, the wax beans stay yellow, and both are easier to find and pick. All taste wonderful!

Tomatoes, zucchini and three colors of string beans from the backyard garden

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A place like no other, in the late afternoon light yesterday.

Tall canna lilies in the floral border at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory

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While on a cruise ship going to Bermuda, leaving the New York City harbor (see Lady Liberty post below), there was a fireboat looking scenic.

Fireboat in the harbor in NYC. The Empire State Building can be seen in the background. I used to work there, a long time ago!

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On our trip to Bermuda in May, this sunset over Fort Hamilton just made the scene.

Scenic view of Fort Hamilton, Bermuda (UK)

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A view at dusk of the cruise ship Breakaway’s deck, en route from Bermuda.

NCL Breakaway at dusk

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Hanging out of the car while hubby drove, with my iphone. Not bad, right?

Piles and layers of clouds in late afternoon sky

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Finally, a good butterfly shot. Had to go all the way to Bermuda for it!

Orange and black butterfly on a flower in Bermuda, UK

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I’m not really sure what to call this giant light fixture in the middle of the NCL Breakaway cruise ship. It’s several stories tall and the LED colors keep changing. Trippy, man!

Many changing colors in this giant light in the NCL Breakaway cruise ship center atrium

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While I was away I got to take a big ship from NY to Bermuda and back. Of course there are lots of photos. Here is one from a sunset at sea.

Sunset from our balcony on the Norwegian Cruise Line Breakaway, en route to Bermuda

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Don’t these croton tropical shrubs look like flowers? All the colors on one plant!

Bright yellow, red and green in this conservatory-grown croton plant

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