Everyday Beauty

When looking at the past, it is easy to remember the highlights while forgetting everyday life. I had almost forgotten this visitor. Mira and Lael were downstairs playing with the Wii when they called me down to see a visitor, a Wilson’s Warbler that seemed to want to join them in their play.

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I was amazed that it didn’t immediately fly off when I went outside to get a better shot of it.

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Another day I interrupted my walk to take pictures in the Pt. Defiance Rose Garden. This Tiger Swallowtail

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flitted back and forth between flowers just as I did.

Hundreds of roses were in bloom, but these were my favorites

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perhaps because they are the closest to the wild roses I see in Belfair.

I really love the lilies that are just outside the Rose Garden, one of the few flowers that deer apparently won’t eat.

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And, my personal favorite, the dahlias were also beginning to blossom. I wondered if this were a new variety this year

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since I didn’t remember photographing it in the past.

Visitors and trips to special places may stand out most in our memory, but it’s still the daily beauty that sustains us.