A few white and gray polypores start growing on a fallen lichen and moss covered branch.
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Hawthorn berries in fall. At some point the birds will come through and strip them off the tree.
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Glenn Case playground mural, Cowen Park, Seattle, Washington. Ravenna Neighborhood
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Spring refreshment: native rhododendrons (Rhododendron macrophyllum) flopping about in the undergrowth at Ravenna Park along the woodsy trails
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Oregon grape (Mahonia or Berberis aquifolium) ripening in Ravenna Park
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An oceanspray (Holodiscus discolor) branch droops along a trail in Seward Park's "Magnificent Forest."
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A propos of nothing, Seward Park by Lake Washington on a lovely day
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Osoberries (Oemleria cerasiformis) in varying stages of ripeness. They turn dark purple when fully ripe. They are edible but don't have much flesh on the pit. This year they are abundant in the Seattle area, and I may try a ripe one for testing purposes. In the years since I moved here, they've suffered from drought and heat waves, where the leaves turned yellow in June and the fruit dropped off or was eaten by the birds before fully ripe.
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Cluster rose or swamp rose (Rosa pisocarpa ) in Ravenna Park. I missed the Nootka rose bloom 😔
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Look up
Ravenna Park footbridge over the ravine
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