The thermometer said 88 when I went out and took these pictures but it felt so much hotter. It's supposed to be at least 91 today and the humidity is way up there. 
Hopefully we will get some of the rain that skirted all around us the other day. My plants are holding their own and blooming and growing in spite of being planted in the summer instead of spring or fall. Keeping them watered and the frequent rains we have had have certainly helped. Doug was not (and has never been) happy with the overgrown azaleas. I happen to like them but he thought they were all wild looking. We went through and did a severe pruning this week while he was off. 
The river birches have started to bust through the concrete in 4 different places. Their roots are running along the top of the grass and I'm sure will cause the yard to have more bare spots and they continue to grow. I've found some sort of evergreen which has decided to take root in the brick flowerbed in the midst of all of the overgrowth. I won't count on much of a spring bloom next year but hopefully the plants will do well from the trimming. The insides were mostly bare branches anyway. Now all that's left is to add more soil and mulch to the bed.
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Good job on the azaleas! I know they'll look much better in the spring and you'll be glad you did this.
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