Views from the ferris wheel

Went to the Northwest Washington Fair last Saturday, and I went on the ferris wheel. I've wanted to do that for some years, and it was great. I took these pictures with my cell phone. I didn't know how to aim it just right, and I was afraid of dropping it out of the ride, so they're a bit constrained. And the colors from the cell phone are not as good as with my digital camera.

I loved going slowly around while they loaded the cars, then more quickly, but not too fast around and round. The breeze felt great.

It was a long wait for short ride, but much of ife is like that. My mom was with me, and that was fun, too.

If we could harness this energy

what couldn't we do?

Who wouldn't?

Wildness

Renegade petunia. I have all purple petunias, but recently this pink one came up.

Volunteer verbena. I have all red verbena, but these pink and purple ones came up.

I suspect that in both cases they grew from flowers I had last year that seeded. They showed up rather late in the season. I guess they needed the extra time to grow from seeds, while the ones I planted probably were nurtured in greenhouses earlier in the season.