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Brooklyn Botanical Garden
The Japanese Garden and Pond in the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.
Pampas Grass
The pampas grass always seems so delicate yet hardy. This plant is located on Beach Drive, with a southern exposure. In Seattle that means it gets the brunt of the weather systems that push up Puget Sound.
From my Garden



A look at the squash I grew this past summer. The largest squash weighed in at 8 lbs. We gave a few away to family, saved a few for us and the balance I took to the local food bank. Next year I won’t plant as many squash as I did this year. Quite a bounty and fun to watch grow.
Fall has Arrived


Spotted in NE Portland.
Final Spot
This small flower garden is the last spot where we dispersed some of my dad’s ashes. Aside from the gravesite where the bulk of his remains were buried in what is called a funeral urn ( some type of plastic container ) we spread the rest of his ashes in five different locations along the California coast as well as three inland sites. This garden is in the Mission Soledad outside of Salinas, Ca. We also placed some of his ashes in a lettuce field. He spent some time ( Jr. High/High School) in the Salinas area. His dad was a state inspector, mostly working the packing houses of Salinas. The lettuce fields in Salinas seem to go on forever, into the horizon. Just amazingly large.
Garden Figures

Spotted these figures and scenes n a flower garden.
From the Garden

Sunflower from NE Portland and cucumber and squash from our garden.
Hosta
I’m hoping my hosta will have bloomed by the time I get back home this coming Thursday. Going to Portland today to watch over our granddaughter- or maybe it is the other way around? Hopefully will have new material to post when I return to Seattle.
Pumpkin Curls
Like squash plants pumpkins send out these curly things that seem almost unnatural.
Garden Images #2

Peas & cucumber.
Bush Bean Plant
Before we picked our beans today I took some photos.


















