Garden Addict - follow-up pictures

Hooray for rain! Instead of gardening, I bought a digital camera. I took these pictures in a drizzle, but they still came out beautifully.

I built the semi-circular raised beds and planted them with climbing hydrangea and violets. The plants in front of the beds are a mystery. They look purposefully planted, so I assume they are not weeds. I transplanted the group on the right from the construction zone on the left.
Here are two views of the shade garden I'm planting in place of the dead yew. I am still auditioning the plant arrangement. The rhododendrons don't look half bad in the rain.
This bed is in the corner of the driveway and the walk around the garage. All I've done to it is add the daylillies in the center (Stella D'Oro from freecycle), the clematis climbing the pole (both from the raised bed construction zone), and the pretty pine mulch. I've planted portulaca, an annual, in the pot. I can't wait until the other plants bloom so that I can identify them.
Now that I have a camera, get ready for a fully illustrated blog!