Thanks so much for the suggestions so far! I actually have a few of the things mentioned so far and could move them from other places: 1 lavender, a bunch of daylilies and geranium "Rozanne" (which I actually use as an edging plant in the rose beds nearby, so that might be a nice way to tie it all together). No particular color preference, really. The garden there (my front yard) is mainly roses, with a perennial/shrub bed in the foundation, along with a couple more roses. That's where this combo is. So I'm just trying to keep it kind of pastel-y (though not baby nursery pastel-y) to coordinate with the roses and the yellow house. Never heard of Euphorbia (I'll do some research, but is it easy to grow?) and never paid much attention to Dianthus (but I'm going to do some searching now)... and iris! I love irises. The Siberians would be a nice way to extend the season with the bearded ones I have now. So many awesome choices. Thank you so much. And saypoint, you're right, I could use something that'll be pretty in the early spring. Between the tulips finishing and the rhodies starting, it's just green and mulchy over there. Maybe I can mix and match? Any other ideas? Thanks again so much!

Ladies may I join you in this discussion? I am a young healthy looking 62. And today is my first visit here after looking up adrenaline I sure understand better now That's what I have going on MY NATURE'S PACE MAKER.working. Adrenaline After a stay in icu heart recently everyone finally agreed i am mot crazy.it was.my heart. The docs installed is a device catch my heart acting badly is a heart tracker like halter monitor. Under my chest muscles on top of my heart. I can cause it record what just happened.. iam write with excitment because your stories are all so familiar. These stories for me begin after mitral valve repair. 7 years ago. Basic problem ..unless the doc sees the heart behaving badly they deny the problem. All this time we never could catch it Last doc said bluntly if we dont see it didnt happen. You must to er Well recent at 230 am it woke me up, just as you have described. I went directly to the er They caught the serious thing! Arrithemia and more then two days in icu. Now meds have slowed my heart from 70 to 52 while docs decide what to do. Last night I realized I was having an adreilin rush. The same rush I went to a neurologist for help. Over a year and half. Often it also affect my skin. Goose bumps crawling feeling all day long! Well have I got news for him.I was not crazy about that either. my gp I visited last month just to say. I know you don't know what is wrong but I still got it. Knows too I sat in neros office two months ago ,,,same thing. I said dr i just want you know ME when I end up in er..and i need you. well it was er straight to icu. Home now with electrical issues. Last last night meds have my average at 52 bpm.it woke me. 2 3 am. I use my tricks to get back to sleep.as soon as felt sleep coming on the stomach feeling spread. It woke me up heart pounding.sweat .out of breath!!! Happened several times . then checked average heart rate on my Garmin. 48. Average 48 so i was probably lower. Maybe 45! My natural pace maker kicked in every time sleep lowered bpm and I was short on air. Natural pace maker? Adrenaline can't wait to see what was recorded on my device Thank you body! Now I think i know what as going on for long time hidden from doc view. Electric shock adrenaline style

Have you tried attempting to get the retaining wall stones to age themselves with moss, etc? My very light colored limestone did it naturally so it is no longer so stark, but I have read of treatments with buttermilk or somesuch to hasten the process. I think another wall on the left of the steps with a generous planting bed, probably evergreen or even a small specimen tree like a weeping Jap maple, would accentuate the entrance, add depth, and help reduce dominance of the garage doors. Perhaps ultimately echo that brought forward line on the other side leading to the deck. I really like your windmill thingy! But I think it would be better placed in center of this new bed to left of walk so it had more elbow room. (But not with a Jap maple!) I am not a fan of the white gravel there...plain groundcover would be better. Or something like a juniper procumbens nana that would drape slightly over the retaining wall.

I don't plan on leaving my house, and I prefer a bathtub...so you heard it right, I'm replacing a shower w/ a tub. The floor tile is through-body porcelain. I had no idea that one could round and polish the edges of it, so it's 100% possible that that is what is going on and that it's not actually a bullnose trim from the manufacturer. That is an interesting theory! At this point my plan was to just replace w/ wood trim. I might talk to the person doing the tile install to see if they can match it w/ our extra flooring pieces via rounding and polishing it, but ripping it out and replacing w/ a wood trim seems like a fair backup plan.