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Monday, May 18, 2026

Fresh Color!


For the past week, I've only been able to take an occasional peek at my gardens. They are looking wonderful (if I do say so myself)!

This is the west end of the front bed. The various hostas have just exploded, and the other foliage plants have brightened up. I won't name all the things today. This is just a day about the color palette.
colorful flower bed


And this is a different angle on the same space. Not only are there colors, but textures, and you can see more of my broken block walkway I added last year.


This is the East end of the front bed, where I'll still be working to get more plants. This is basically two heuchera, two hosta and an astilbe.
colorful foliage


The rock garden is still in full spring color. The blue in the middle is the bronze ajuga. There is too much of it, but it's easy to remove as I get other things to add. And it's such a wonderful blue! And it tolerates the heat come summer.
colorful rock garden


This line of crabapple trees is at the Methodist Church, but the color is so fantastic, I have to include it.
dark fuschia crabapple


Well, I worked on more cleanup today, but I had an interview with an outdoor media channel and had to do a little prep for that. They picked up the porta potty. Didn't make as much progress as I'd hoped, but at least I'm working on the things I'm supposed to be doing.

See A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

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