School is out today - for the children.  Teachers are in meetings all day.  One good thing about teachers’ meetings is that we get an hour lunch.  I drove home quickly to let Jake (our black, British lab) out since I forgot to let him out earlier this morning when I was getting dressed.   I figured he’d have about 30 minutes to run around while I ate a quick sandwich at home.  As I drove into the driveway, this is what I saw alongside the drive - something we see almost every day:

They ARE beautiful, aren’t they?  There was another one to the left of these, but I couldn’t get him in the photograph because of bushes.  I took the photo from the car window.

Then, after I pulled up at the house, I saw the following along the back walkway.  I had been meaning to take a photo of them because, after all, how often do you see azaleas blooming in November?  Our son - the landscaper - selected these azaleas for us because they’re named “Encore” azaleas, and they bloom twice a year - in the spring and in the fall.   These have done more than bloom twice.  They’ve been in almost constant bloom since they were planted in July.  There are about seven bushes - each blooming as beautifully as this one.  Gorgeous, aren’t they?

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