After three solid days of rain, the sun finally came out today. I had been noticing some crinum bulbs blooming about town, especially around the older neighborhood my daughter's school is in. They are growing in huge clumps, even in gutters. I keep thinking, "If these guys knew how much these plants are going for on Ebay, there wouldn't a single one here!" Well, I went out and checked my plants this morning and look what I found:
A bloom! When they are blooming, I want a thousand. The rest of the year I'm wondering why I planted so many crinums. 
The salvia has perked up too! Maybe I'll keep at this gardening thing. . .
More crinums are blooming. 
The corner is starting to coming along, if the squirrels would just leave it alone. See the big red blob at the bottom? Here is a close up:
It is a blood lily I bought last year. Pretty much gave it up for dead. Dead, dead, dead-ity, dead. But then I looked in the pile where I throw plants right before they hit the compost pile, and I saw a very healthy bud. Planted it, and now check out the bloom! My husband thinks it is the coolest thing I've planted by far.
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