Curb Appeal

In a small effort to improve my home's curb appeal, I planted some azaleas in the planter leading to my front door. I did not want your typical white or pink flowers, so I found three that are supposed to have red-orange flowers when they bloom.

See the giant blue-green blobs in the flower bed? I've been finding these paint-peels in my front yard since I bought the house, so I knew I would eventually have to take care of my badly peeling shutters. At the urging of the homeowner's association, I decided that it was finally time to take care of this problem. Luckily, one of my neighbors has his own painting business, and since he was already making the shutters all pretty, I decided that it might be nice if the green of the shutters matched the green of the door and the green of the roof over the bay window on the side of the house...