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I feel like August passed me by quicker than usual, and not in a good way. The weather was either too rainy or to hot to get outside and weed, or I had other commitments (like evening karate classes twice a week for myself and my son).

Still, I did manage to get out and photograph on Bloom Day, even if I didn’t post the photos on the 15th.

The Altheas are self-sowing, and I honestly don’t really mind. It looks like the main purple one may have died this year, but other purple seedlings that I didn’t yank up last year are blooming this year. I’m OK with that, even if they’re a little crowded. Maybe I’ll prune them into a hedge and get rid of the front fence someday.

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This is becoming a trend: me taking Bloom Day photos on the 15th, then not posting them until later in the month.

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In the time between when I took these photos (two weeks ago) and today, a switch flipped on the weather. We went from being rainy every day — one news station even reported that we had more rain than Seattle — to being sunny, dry, and 90 degrees.

As of mid-June, I estimated that my garden was about two weeks behind schedule. Now, I don’t know what to think. We’ll see what happens on the next Bloom Day in August.

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I’m filing this under Bloom Day, even though I didn’t actually get out on the 15th to photograph the blooms in my garden. These photos were taken on the Friday before Memorial Day, when I had a day off to do some weeding.

I can always tell if spring is earlier or later than usual by when the tree peony blooms. A later spring means she’s in bloom for Memorial Day.

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