Inside and outside

This is an Iceland Poppy.
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Elbow to elbow

fishing. The salmon are coming in the Samish River from salt water and these fisher people are going crazy. I say let them (the fish) go up river to spawn.

All dressed up

and looking for new owners.
This little farmhouse down in the skagit Valley is for sale. years ago, maybe 20, it was right on the Skagit River but when they put in the new dike it was moved about 2 blocks away. Plunked right down in the middle of corn and potato fields. It is a very nice house and all prettied up for the new people. I can see it smiling. MB

Rain, Rose of Sharon and Bees

My Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

Red Hydrangea

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Chinese Lanterns

Popular for the papery bright-orange lantern pods that develop around the ripening fruit, these are often cut and used for Thanksgiving and Halloween arrangements. Plants are aggressive spreaders, and best kept out of the perennial border so they don't take over. Also can be grown in tubs. Small white flowers appear in midsummer, over a bushy mound of coarse green leaves. Pods are green at first, but should be harvested as soon as the orange colour develops, the leaves stripped then stems hung upside down to dry in a warm dark room.

Watercolor for Janice

Janice I thought this first picture looked like a watercolor and reminded me of you. (I hope I am right). The second picture was taken 2 minutes later--both from my deck . The first pic just to the left of Mt. Rainier. I took these Sunday morning and it has rained ever since.--well almost. MB