The rose called Koko loko is one of hundreds of roses grown at Antique Rose Farm. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Granite Falls Middle School eighth-graders Howard Wilde (right foreground) and Jason Wad work at programming EV3 robots so they will balance in a vertical stance while moving about. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Edmonds-Woodway shortstop Brandon Mitchell is The Herald’s baseball Player of the Year. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Everett Rowing Association coxswain Summer Keyes calls out timing, steers the boat and talks to her crew as they practice on the Snohomish River on June 5 in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Lynnwood’s Maddie Morgan is The Herald’s 2017 All-Area Softball Player of the Year. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Logan Marson hauls cardboard for newly constructed garden beds at Eagle Ridge Park in Lake Stevens on June 3. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Seagulls touch down on Patrick Cooper’s shoulder to take the pieces of bread he holds up for them. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Patrick Cooper, 74, lets a large, dominant gull take a slice of bread from his hand while dozens more are gathered around him for the morning treat along the Snohomish River in Everett. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

The gulls pack the shoreline when Patrick Cooper, 74, arrives each morning along the Snohomish River on the Everett waterfront. Some of them have even followed him home, he says. (Dan Bates / The Herald)