Gardenworks
This weekend saw me putting in some time in the garden~ getting more things in order, trimming up the things that had dead sections on them from the drought last year (a lot of damage...), and tidying up the borders a bit.
Also, buying plants! Here are some I picked up at a quick trip to the local grocery store.



The New Dawn climbing rose is out in a lacey flush of first leaves, giving a delicious sense of closure to the front porch.~



The tulips and irises are flourishing...



I didn't really plan this, since I probably wouldn't have put purple and pink together, but it doesn't look half bad...
I think I'll consider adding some in a certain shade of soft gold-yellow, to tie in with the ground cover (you can just barely glimpse it in this photo behind the flowers), or Apricot Beauties, to go with the orange pollen bits of the barberry. But burgandy would be overkill.