with a little bit of time and elbow grease...

Our house is looking pretty good these days.

Here's a picture of our house taken on May 8th of last year.
And here's one taken May 10th of this year.

Last summer's power-wash, last fall's bulb-planting (how can you have tulip shutters and no tulips in the garden?), and not hacking the azaleas to shit has made a huge difference.