A green thumb?

Me, not so much.  Tommy has been doing a great job.  He loves to work in "his" yard and flower beds.  I absolutely love flowers, all kinds but I think that lillies are my favorite.  Calla lillies, stargazer lillies... they are all so pretty.  The problem with all this is that I don't want to do the work required because I have a ridiculous fear of lizards and snakes.  I'm so paranoid that something will jump out at me in the process of gardening.  Fortunately, Tommy loves it and I can enjoy all the pretty flowers.  A few weeks ago we went to Lowe's to pick out some new flowers for the planters out front.  I had the hardest time deciding and Tommy was about ready to leave when I saw some Hydrandeas.  After purchasing the flowers we learn that these are difficult to keep alive and our planters are not quite big enough for them.  Too late, they were already purchased and we were going to give them a shot anyway. Well... we have our first little bloom!!  :)  Please, ignore the brown spots on the leaves.  Tommy got some insecticide yesterday to start treating those and hopefully that will go away. 

Up close

It's small but it's a start!

I'm pretty sure that the color on the tag was supposed to be a bright pink but purple will be just as pretty.