Azaleas

I wanted to share our lovely azaleas (and my new roof!). I almost had these ripped out when we first bought the house, but Paul trimmed them up and now they are blooming beautifully!

Tiling

I've actually managed to learn to tile and did a backsplash in my kitchen!!!! It was fairly easy to do as long as my first line of vertical tiles was straight. My kitchen is finally back to pre-storm condition! Yeah! My next project is going to be tiling the floor in the dining room & kitchen.

I've been trying to dscape our yard too. That's been an interesting learning experience! I've been watching my yard for the past couple of weeks to see where the sun hits. I've planted foxgloves, caladiums, ferns, calla lilies, crocosmia, daisies, Louisiana yellow irises, white ginger, and Dutch irises. I've also ordered toad lilies (Tricyrtis) for some of the shaded areas. I'm pretty excited about them--they look like orchids and bloom in the fall. Our azaleas are blooming now (pink!) and are gorgeous! We trimmed them last September and they have lots of new growth.