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Returned from Missouri on Saturday.  In our absence, over 5 days we had 3.1 inches of much needed rain.  It's still cool (60s) and overcast.

The doublefile viburnum blossomed while we were gone:

The camassias are in full bloom, awfully pale, but massing nicely:

 

I love the new smokebush.  The leaves really are a deep color but translucent:

 

I am not at all sure about the 'My Monet' weigela.  The flowers are sparse, the colors are odd:

Lupines on the back hill have spread: