Flowerbeds

I finally put the pea gravel into the top tier of the raised flower bed. About time too, I bought it about a month ago! I still need one more bag, the front edge of the tier is still bare. I love the way it looks, it finally has a "finished" look. I ordered 3 kinds of flower bulbs from little Mr. Cameron's school fundraiser to plant in the two lowest tiers, when they come in I will get them planted and put pea gravel in those tiers too, I think. I am hoping that this will make it easier to weed and continue to look nice each year, without having to buy new every year like with mulch. We shall see!

Still planning to dig out a new flower bed all along the deck, but haven't mustered the ambition quite yet to do that. Partly because that digging is a lot of work, but also because then I have to dig more to transplant the irises and lilies I want to put there (and I still need to get the landscape timbers I want for the edging). So many plans, so little motivation!

One last flower has finally bloomed, the showy stonecrop has lovely pale pink flowers. I took pictures, but I haven't uploaded them yet so that will need to be the next post. I also have black-eyed susan in the same flowerbed, and another plant that I can't identify or manage to get rid of. It has even sprouted where I pulled it and tossed it in the yard before taking to the dumpster :( What a mess!! Maybe if I get weed killer and carefully spray it on just the leaves of that plant I can kill that and not my flowers...

Redecorating

RJ went to the 9/11 Salute today, and Nate and I moved some furniture around. We have decided that the dining room should become my photo studio, as we don't eat in there anyway. We then looked at the empty corner of the living room, and decided that's where the dining room table and chairs should be.

We now have a dining area in the corner of the living room, which will actually be much more useful for us, and I have a small photo studio that is out of the way yet ready for use at any time.