Butterfly Paradise

We have a bay window facing the backyard in our family room. The family room was the garage at one time. Why waste a big window facing the road when you can view a peaceful backyard? I have a butterfly bush planted under the window here. It's as tall as the house and attracting a ton of butterflies. Right now I see a yellow shallowtail on it. I can't even see the pond, but it's nice to see the pretty purple blooms and the 'flutterbys'.
I planted the 4 iris rhizomes yesterday and am expecting 10 more next month. My hibiscus seeds started to pop out of the pots. I planted10 and 6 are coming up. All the new plants benefited from the storm that went through here at 4 am.
I was just outside showing the guy where to pump out the septic tank. That's country living for you though we now could get public water and sewer. Maybe someday if it becomes a problem. It's the law to get them pumped every few years. Our toilets haven't been flushing all the way and the shower isn't draining that well. This should help as they pump out 1,000 gallons of waste.
I hope you saw the shows on the Titanic last night on the Discovery Channel. They were really good. Just when you think you have heard or seen everything about the Titanic, something new is unearthed. James Cameron, the director of Titanic, went down to the wreck again and had smaller robots to view parts of the ship that haven't been seen before. They got to see the Turkish baths! The tile was still in good shape after 93 yrs! It was so neat. The other show talked about the building of the Titanic which was interesting and 'reinacted' very well. Five years of work for a ship that sunk in less than 3 hours.