On the right is Jeanne's pride and joy, the front flower bed beneath the garden window in the kitchen. Each year she plants annuals and adds a few perennials.
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The front of the house area has grown in nicely. We completed the driveway so it makes a circle in front of the house for easy of visitor coming in and going out. The backyard has filled in all due to Jeanne's planning ahead with many bushes and azaleas.
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Coming down behind the house from the driveway the little dogwood that was the only one to survive initial planting in 1993 can be seen as well as the path over the deck and down to the lake and the dock. Jeanne transplanted this wild flower from near the lake to near the Corps line so we could enjoy it in the spring and summer.
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Jeanne is always planting things out back but this wild flower she transplanted from near the lake to near the Corps line. Looking back at the house part way down to the lake we can certainly tell the difference over the last 12 years. It is amazing how much things have grown in during this as witnessed by the two photographs below.
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Look back towards our lone dogwood you can see the hanging bird feeds that the birds really flock to and allows the kitties to enjoy the birds "up close". Jeanne is just about 9 weeks after her arthoscopic rotator cuff surgery on her right shoulder so fishing can only be done from the dock and she has to cast left handed.
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One of the many plants Jeanne planted after moving in was a small grape hyacinth the grew up the near by trees. Every spring now it blossoms high in the tree with its distintive purple flowers that look so much like grapes. Our backyard dogwood is so very pretty in the spring.
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May, 2005 saw Jeanne's Rhododendrums in full bloom. The white one blooms were the first we had seen on this particular plant. It may have been due to the almost constant shade the plant was living in.
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The pink rhododendrum blooms most years as it does get some sun during the day.
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