From last year, the exuberance of growth in the veggie patch
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Madrone (Arbutus menziesii) flowers
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Riverbank lupines (Lupinus rivularis) are almost at the end of their bloom
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This tiny baldhip rose (Rosa gymnocarpa) is about as big as the tip of my thumb. This year is the first time I've spotted them. #Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #NativePlants #NativePlantsOfThePNW #BloomScrolling #SeattleParks #RavennaPark

A nice mural in the children's playground, Maple Leaf Reservoir Park. That's one of the reservoir maintenance buildings.
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A Nootka rose (Rosa nutkana) shedding perfume on the trail. Gather ye rose blooms while you may, they die before the end of May.
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The Picardo P-Patch has the first ever (of two) composting toilet (nicknamed Picaloo) in the Seattle Parks system. It is solar powered, and is kept meticulously clean by volunteers, and users as well! TBH, it is hard to spot.
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I thought i missed the bloom time for orange honeysuckle (Lonicera viliosa), but there it was in the hazelnut bush, blooming away
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Bigleaf lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) blooming amidst the creeping buttercups
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You only need one or two wild roses open to get bathed in heavenly perfume. This marsh rose (Rosa pisocarpa) beckoned from afar
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