All these varieties are in Esther's yard alone

 

I learned how the Rhododendron became Washington's State flower:

"The fact that women in Washington state (along with the rest of America) had no legal right to vote didn't stop them from organizing a statewide election in 1892 to select the Washington state flower. Eager to display a flower that would represent their state at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, more than 15,000 women cast a ballot in the election, choosing between the clover and the coast rhododendron. When the votes were tabulated, the coast rhododendron emerged the winner. In 1959, the state legislature officially sanctioned the flowering evergreen shrub as the Washington state flower."

Well, Esther sure has her quota in the yard. I think there are about 50 of them!

And how about these gorgeous azaleas:

 

                                                                                            

 

While I was weeding this week I found this sweet surprise underneath one of the 'Rodies'.
I backed out as fast as I could and left the area alone for a while but I'm afraid I either chased the mother bird away or maybe it was abandoned altogether.
I'm not quite sure whom these eggs belong to but I suspect they're from a Blackeyed Junco.

James finished up his last job in the kitchen. He changed out the shelves of the cabinets (that always have those hard to reach back areas) with beautiful drawers that you can pull out all the way to make things easily accessible. 

The yard starts  to look real good too. Most of the weeds are gone and the paths between the planters are filled with gravel.
The tomatoes are in, the tepees went up and the beans got sowed!

(That's certainly written down a lot faster than it is done!)

And after all this work it sure felt good to put our feet up!!