Views of Sequim, the Olympic Peninsula. . .and beyond
This is lavender country. There are dozens of varieties planted around the area and some of the early varieties are starting to come into bloom.
Next month is our annual Lavender Weekend or Lavender Festival, July 19-21, when tourists flock here and celebrate all things purple.
It’s that time of year again. Those innocent looking daisies are back.
I don’t trust that innocence. It’s beginning to look like a plot to take over every open piece of land far and wide. At a distance it looks like fields are covered with snow. Even the usual weeds are getting choked out.
We have another color as our challenge for City Daily Photo’s Theme Day. Today is “Pink.” No surprise that the theme took me in a floral direction. If you’re wondering, this is a hydrangea.
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Today’s City Daily Photo Theme Day topic is “Purple.” And you don’t have to look far in Sequim (pronounced “Skwim”) to find it. Folks around here have declared it the Lavender Capital of North America and by mid-summer there’s plenty of purple to go around. This is Kitty B’s Lavender, one of our local farms.
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It’s the time of year when Sequim turns bright yellow. It seems that any patch of soil that isn’t cultivated is paved with dandelions.
Dandelions take no prisoners. This patch was mowed about three days ago. After he mows DH swears he hears dandelions popping back up behind him yelling, “Sucker!”
First I caught sight of this tree (A cherry? Flowering plum?) while walking in the reclaimed quarry area of Butchart Gardens. As with so many specimen trees in the garden, it was beautifully framed by everything around it.
Then, while walking on a path above it, it again took center stage.
Further along, looking back, it was still eye catching and glorious. That’s the sort of balance a perfectly designed garden offers.
By now, a couple of weeks later, the massed beds on the margins of each of these shots will be in bloom with tulips and other colorful bedding plants. The gardens become more breathtaking as spring progresses.
Tulips were just beginning to get glorious at Butchart Gardens when we were there on April 2nd. Many flower beds like this one showed early blooms in the forefront with more foliage and buds not far behind. Other bedding plants, like forget-me-nots, will fill in as spring progresses.
There were enough blooms throughout the garden for me to find and declare a new favorite: Early Harvest.