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Florence of Seattle, Highland Park
![Fountain from Florence, Italy](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f91740_6aaa97a4e3bf4ca784b1c26a87603bd5.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f91740_6aaa97a4e3bf4ca784b1c26a87603bd5.jpg)
Fountain from Florence, Italy
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Puzzle time
![Woodland Park Rose Garden](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f91740_fa50dfd6a0ba40e78b8774577e6dd0e4.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f91740_fa50dfd6a0ba40e78b8774577e6dd0e4.jpg)
Woodland Park Rose Garden
![North Deck](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f91740_1393befe060a42f0a365f761a584cb6b.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f91740_1393befe060a42f0a365f761a584cb6b.jpg)
North Deck
![Yearly grapes in our grape arbor](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f91740_7e7818b0559448819c36311a5205582a.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f91740_7e7818b0559448819c36311a5205582a.jpg)
Yearly grapes in our grape arbor
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Our meals are homemade
![Residents in the garden](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f91740_b38a734ee9c6414ea9a29e127bb863e4.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f91740_b38a734ee9c6414ea9a29e127bb863e4.jpg)
Residents in the garden
![Bingo time](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f91740_05167158600f4c24839f6d694ebae298.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f91740_05167158600f4c24839f6d694ebae298.jpg)
Bingo time
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Elementary school children visiting
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Hino Azaleas
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Bird feeder
![Ice cream outing](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f91740_7e926da72e7846cb97caf93c76f17b7c.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f91740_7e926da72e7846cb97caf93c76f17b7c.jpg)
Ice cream outing
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Florence of Seattle, Arbor Heights
![Main entrance](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f91740_7ad6a08e6792477384bdcd4af93ecbf5.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_221,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f91740_7ad6a08e6792477384bdcd4af93ecbf5.jpg)
Main entrance
This Italian tile was hand laid by my husband, Takao, in July of 1992.
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Fresh grapes from our grape arbor
Ready to make into jam or juice
![Homemade strawberry tart](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f91740_10fa3edb50a5403b99869c6cfe8dbacb.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f91740_10fa3edb50a5403b99869c6cfe8dbacb.jpg)
Homemade strawberry tart
![Christmas Time](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f91740_197350496be44107b464b5c2571d5fc9.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f91740_197350496be44107b464b5c2571d5fc9.jpg)
Christmas Time
![Petunias in the yard](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f91740_f9b1e208ec01ebcbd28de1306ced67c7.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f91740_f9b1e208ec01ebcbd28de1306ced67c7.jpg)
Petunias in the yard
![Our dining room](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f91740_3ff0764251d24321979644a288ca1b47.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f91740_3ff0764251d24321979644a288ca1b47.jpg)
Our dining room
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Holiday party time!
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Yummy Lemon Meringue Pie!
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Field trip to Puyallup Fair
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Fuschias
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Our van with wheelchair lift
![Pumpkin patch at the Puyallup Fair](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f91740_6a3a47f9f2d64eb5a977a1c245bfc495.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f91740_6a3a47f9f2d64eb5a977a1c245bfc495.jpg)
Pumpkin patch at the Puyallup Fair
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