New Garden Pictures

We got a new camera this week, and I took a whole bunch of pictures of our back yard! Here they are...

A picture from the side alley














The sweet william!














The back right bed, with hollyhocks, salvia, and marigolds...



















one of our tomato plants - they've just started growing a lot...














the better boy tomato bed














the climbing beans are finally coming up!



















our dreamweaver roses are climbing the trellis














the snapdragons underneath the tree roses














I love these new annuals, but I can't remember their name



















I love these, too...



















don juan climbing rose



















these are pretty, too...



















The tree roses have really started blooming!



















Here is one of the pots beside the grill



















The pots beside the deck stairs.



















The bed in front of the house!














I put in hydrangeas, patriot hostas, azaleas, and impatiens...




























Here's a view of the back yard from our bedroom window...

Garden Updates!

The April rain made a big difference in our yard. Here are some pictures!

I put in some hydrangeas in the front yard.














Here's one of our encore azaleas, which I put on each side of the front steps...



















The climbing roses are doing well.



















...and so are the lilies.














here's the first sweet william blossom!














another of the climbing roses...



















I created these planters to put in front of the grill



















here are the pansies on the deck!














The lettuce is doing well in the rose bed.



















Our curved side beds are doing well.














one of the lettuce plants














the peonies are going to bloom soon



















the daffodils in the front of the house bloomed like crazy

Nighfloat

A couple of weeks ago, James finished his third nightfloat rotation at the hospital. Basically, that means that he works a 30 hour shift on Sunday, and then he works nights from Monday through Friday morning. He sleeps all day Saturday, and then on Sunday morning, he starts it over again. So I thought I'd share some pictures of the call rooms at Barnes, b/c that's where James lived for three months this year...















here's where he keeps his toothbrush, razor, saline, etc.














Sometimes I borrow a mattress and sleep in the call room because when James gets to the end of the nightfloat month, he sometimes sleeps through his pager!



















here's his locker (notice the random Lipitor magnet)



















and here's the bathroom