These two plants are considered invasives, which is sad because they are so beautiful. The little blue flower is Asian Dayflower. It is one of the few "true blue" flowers in the world, with no hint of purple in it at all. The berry is porcelain berry. As the fall goes on the berries get more and more brilliant. They will be light blue, dark blue, purple, lavender and green. Up close they really do look like porcelain. This one really does just take off everywhere. I have to constantly go and pull it out of our other climbing plants and trees.

A Variety Of Sedum

Locals call it "frogbelly" plant, because if you pull a leaf off you can blow it up like a little balloon that looks like a frog's belly. It is an amazingly hardy succulent plant. In some parts of the country it is called "live forever" because it is so hard to kill. After the flowers turn pink bees and wasps love these plants.

This Is Poke

And it will take over your entire yard if you let it. The Native Americans and early settlers ate it, although it is one of those plants you have to prepare exactly right or it is poisonous. They also used it to make red dye. When you cut it down or trim it back, you have to wear gloves and old clothes because the juice in the stems will stain everything it touches bright red

Wildflower Experiment

We decided to see what would happen if we just let the wildflowers grow. I believe this is Tall Coreopsis. I found it on a Kentucky wildflower page on line. When you cut the flowers they stay fresh forever and make the most beautiful bouquets. But they don't seem to have any smell.

Kelsea Out On The Deck

It took forever for me to get her to look at me. Dogs have no interest in cameras.

What Is That Behind David?

It's Salt Lake City! This is one picture I never thought I would be taking. It's a few blocks from my old apartment, right by the University of Utah.

Churchill Downs

Not the Kentucky Derby, just a nice afternoon at the racetrack.

New Patio Landscaping

We are trying to create a cozy private garden. Or as private as you can get when your neighbor's house is 10 feet away.

Various Flowers

These are some of our flowers. The upper left is the Carolina Jessamine, upper right is heather and johnny jump-ups, lower left is phlox and lower right is yellow dwarf wallflower, on the cemetery wall.

Goddard Ave

Looking East down the street

Our House In The Summer

This is what our house looks like in the summer.....

Crepe Myrtle

This is our gigantic Crepe Myrtle. It blooms late but lasts all summer.

Surprise Lillies

I just think they are beautiful. Last year I cut a few and put them in a vase.

Disturbing Photo

I love this picture. The concertina wire and the angel give it a very disturbing effect. The cemetery is Catholic and it has some of the most beautiful sculpture I have ever seen.

The House Before

This is what the house looked like when we bought it. It was gray.

Random Louisville architecture

Happy Baby

Christopher Michael, AKA "Happy Baby".

Proof I Have A Grandson

Here is a picture of me playing with Christopher Michael.

Downtown Louisville

Downtown, as seen from the Steamboat Belle of Louisville.

Tyler Park

Fall in Tyler Park is quite nice.

Gnadinger Park

The smallest park in Louisville. There is a little plaza with a bench behind the sign, but basically, this is the whole thing.

Tyler Park

Our neighborhood is named after this park. Olmsted died before it was designed, but his son worked on it and built it to complement the other parks that his father built in Louisville.

Whiskey

Truth in advertising. They sell whiskey. And liquors. One of the last Germantown old-school liquor stores.

St. Therese

The Church of St Therese, seen from the bridge over Beargrass Creek.

Beargrass Creek

The sadly ignored Beargrass Creek, just two blocks from our house. They say it is too polluted to be saved, but I think it would be worth the effort to try.

The View From The Roof

If we ever finish the second story, this will be the view. You can see downtown just over the trees.

The Dining Room

We don't use it much, but it is nice when we have company for dinner.

The Formal Living Room

When you sit on the couch, this is what you see.

Surprise Lillies

David hates the Surprise Lillies, even though they are beautiful. In the spring they show up as big succulents, then they die, then in the fall...Surprise!...they bloom as beautiful lillies. Sadly, the spring succulents can destroy lawns, and concrete, and paving and all sorts of landscaping as they push their way out of the soil. But I forgive them because they are so lovely.

The Cemetery

We have a very nice view of the cemetery over the back fence.

The Front Porch

This is the front porch, which for most of the year is our real living room.

Our House Again

This is the backyard of the house. David made the deck and the patio by himself, with no help from me because I do not like to lift things or get dirty. But I like to sit at the table and enjoy what he made.

Our House

This is our house in Louisville, Kentucky. We live in the Tyler Park neighborhood, which is part of the Highlands area of Louisville. The house used to be all gray. Gray bricks, gray trim, gray steps, gray everything. We painted it in happier colors.