The last twelve months have flown by, hardly time to post to the blog what with all the twitter twaddle and facebook folies to constantly u...

April 29th 2010 - after a cold and snowy winter we've had a warm and rainy couple of months, which means the azaleas are blooming a coup...

New growth on the blue spruce on the north drive. (And yes, that is another azalea to the left in the photo in the link!)

I don't promise that this is the last time I will mention the word azalea , or post a pic, but they are looking so phenomenal I put tog...

Deep red azalea behind the pool

The azaleas are at their best so I went out and shot 112 photos. This is the only one worth posting........

Checking the yard yesterday I made an upsetting discovery. One of the pretty azaleas had snapped of at the base and was lying on the ground....

This solitary blossom emerged on the purple azalea on the southern border. An azalea blossom in November is a real bonus, look at the autumn...

concentrated power washing Originally uploaded by modernemama It's that hot, humid time of year when the algae grows like craz...

This time in the yard. The old built-in barbecue finally expired when Steven was slow grilling a pork butt just before we went to Tennes...

But this time it was the poisonous kind. I must have brushed against it while I was clearing the border. I thought I'd cleared it all aw...

White Rhododendron Originally uploaded by modernemama I asked myself at the start of this long weekend . These were the outside ch...

carpenter bee control Originally uploaded by modernemama Saturday was spent cleaning up the yard. Steve devoted the morning to scr...

Estate rhododendron Originally uploaded by modernemama One of the original rhododendrons on the front drive, this purple beauty is...

pinky purple rhododendron Originally uploaded by modernemama By the kitchen patio. Steven is scrubbing the algae off the back pati...

white azalea Originally uploaded by modernemama . The whole of one bed is taken up by this white azalea. It is actually several aza...