Last weekend in Seattle, the weather was perfect. Sunny skies, a light breeze, a slight nip in the air hinting of Fall. Flowers were still in bloom everywhere.
There were crazy-looking dahlias for sale by the bucketload at
Pike Place Market near the wharf:
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At the
Carl English Botanical Gardens, I was stopped in my tracks by this odd ground cover. Its leaves and berries were almost completely black:
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Only at the heart of each cluster of leaves could one spy a bit of green:
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More dahlias, this one from the botanical gardens:
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I spied this lovely rose in an unlikely place:
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It was growing all by itself against the control room of the
Chittendon Locks!:
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The
University of Washington campus sported trees that were just beginning to turn into flame colors:
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And I can't get enough of this periwinkle-blue flowering bush on the university grounds:
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There's an extensive rose garden on the campus, where I snapped these beauties:
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Tomorrow, Seattle food!
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