Shady Lady. Multilevel gardening.

Shady Lady. Container planting makes the best use of limited front yard.

Shady Lady. Towering rhododendrons.

Shady Lady. Never knew Rhodies could grown that high. Seen from Church Street.

Shady Lady. Purple Mystery.

Shady Lady. Purple mystery blossoms, to me anyway. Just the most delicate delight, right near the sidewalk on West Gray.

Shady Lady. Purple bouquet.

They bunch up nicely and look sharp against the green leaves and white fence.

Shady Lady. Peach azaleas. Yum!

Shady Lady. Pale azaleas are an unusual touch on Guinnip Avenue.

Shady Lady. Storm cleared garden.

Shady Lady. After the cleanup, three newly planted terra cotta planters were ruined by the storm yesterday. Our neighbor gamely cleans up and starts again.

Shady Lady. Trellis on Guinnip

Shady lady. Clematis climbing a trellis next to the container garden on Guinnip.

Day after the storm

It's one day after the nasty storm rearranged parts of the neighborhood. Cleanup crews are noisily setting things to right. And the heat is suffocating. One thermometer reads over 100 in the sun and the other is over 80 in the shade (42 and 28 Celcius, respectively)! There was no walk with Granddog Ellie this afternoon. We walked in the morning and I got a few shots. Even though Ellie was grumpy and wouldn't visit nice with anyone. She's like that when I'm ailing, and I guess I am. Heat does make me unwell. But the morning was cooler, and a large, floppy hat eases things a bit. Almost all shots are in the shade, so colors are somewhat muted.

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